Japan Flora: Small tree; leaves broadly ovate or ovate-orbicular, 6-8 cm. long, 4-7 cm. wide, caudately acuminate, rounded to sub truncate at base, glabrous, serrulate, the petioles 20-35 mm. long, glabrous; flowers pink to white, precocious; drupe red, short-pilose, nearly globose, the stones roughened. Apr.
Introduced from China and long cultivated in Japan.