| General Description | A medium to small tree with umbrella like appearance and a chocolate burgundy colour. |
| ID Characteristic | This tree has a very rich chocolate burgundy colour. The leafs are vary fern like in appearance and in mature trees they are usually as wide as they are tall. |
| Shape | Vase-shape crown, when mature will produce an umbrella-like structure. |
| Landscape | Shade tree (due to its wide canopy) and specimen plant. |
| Propagation | Semi-hardwood cuttings and bud grafting. |
| Cultivation | Full sun to partial shade. Prefers light clay, sandy loam and acidic to alkaline soils. Drought tolerant. |
| Pests | Brown tail moth, Carnation tortrix, Vapourer, leopard, Buff tip, Hawthorn webber, Lackey, Goat, Silver Y, Winter, Small ermine and Angle shades moths. |
| Habitat | Horticultural origin. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description | Clustered buds which are small consisting of 5-petaled calyx with a corolla fused into a tube. |
| Leaf Description | Alternate leaf pattern, 18 - 20 cm wide and 30 cm long. The leaves are bipinnately compound and each leaf has around 40 - 60 leaflets. |
| Flower Description | Multi-head flowers each containing many stamens and a single pistil. The flower in the center of the cluster tends to be the largest. Having a pom-pom-like appearance. |
| Fruit Description | Large bean-like seed pods. |
| Colour Description | The bark is greyish-brown in colour. The leaflets are a bronze green when young and a chocolate burgundy colour when mature.. The flowers are a light pink colour. The buds are green and turn to a light brown when ripe. |
| Texture Description | The bark is smooth with some bumps. |
