| General Description | This subspecies has been placed on the IUCN Red List as globally threatened. |
| Habitat | Valleys in forests of high rural populated areas at an altitude of 500-2,000 m. |
| Bark/Stem Description | Purplish or Greyish-purple in colour with thin branchlets. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description | Small winter buds with 5-8 scales. |
| Leaf Description | Ovate or ovate-oblong, a rounded base, tufts of hair at the vein base, 8-20 x 5-9 cm. |
| Fruit Description | Glabrous and yellow in colour, 2-3 mm. Ovoid nutlets with spreading wings, 5-5.5x1.4 mm, produced August through October. |