Korea Flora: Trees; Buds ovoid, red, sticky, mostly pilose at tip with yellowish brown hairs but otherwise glabrous, to 2 cm long. Leaves (17--) 23--27(--31) cm with 6--8(--9) pairs of leaflets; petiole (30--)39--47(--53) mm; stipules needle shape and deciduous. Leaflets to (6.2--)7.4--8.2(--9.6) cm long, (1.5--)2.0--2.3(--2.6) cm wide, acuminate with acute apex, margin finely toothed almost to base, upper surface dark green, lower surface pale green and glabrous; lateral veins 15--21 on each side of midvein. Inflorescence to 8.0--14.4 cm long, 9.0--23.5 cm wide, corymbose. Flowers to 1.0--1.6 cm diam, crowded, fragrant. Sepals triangular, green. Petals 5--6 mm long, 4--5 mm wide, broadly elliptic, white. Fruits glossy, yellowish-orange or orange to red, subglobose to globose, 7.5--12.0 mm long, 8.0--13.0 mm wide. Calyx fleshy. Carpels 3--5(--6), semi-inferior, hairy. Styles (3--) 4--5(--6), to 3 mm, distantly inserted. Stamen 20, 4 mm long; anthers yellow. Seeds light brown up to 12 per fruit.
Flowering: Early May to mid June. Fruting July to August Habitat: On steep cliff slopes or rocks and mountain woodlands. Distribution: Southeastern China, alt. 900-2000m, Korea. common. at alt. 1000--1600 m