Tree to 12 m; lvs mostly ovate or cordate, acuminate, dark green and glossy above, glabrous or nearly so, 2-6 נ2-5 cm, coarsely and irregularly serrate and with 1-4 pairs of lateral lobes, the basal pair of lobes the largest, the others very shallow, the veins running to the sinuses as well as to the points of the lobes; petiole 1-2 cm, eglandular; fls 1-1.3 cm wide, in compound glabrous cymes; sep short-deltoid, acute or apiculate, tending to fall from the fr; fr 4-5 mm thick, bright scarlet; nutlets 3-5. Both native and as an escape from cult.; Pa. to n. Fla., w. to Ill. and Mo.
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.