Japan Flora: Large glabrous tree; leaves petiolate, odd-pin­nate, the leaflets 8-12, rather coriaceous, ovate or lanceolate, 7-15 cm. long inclusive of the petiolules, 3-4.5 cm. wide, gradually acuminate with an obtuse tip, obliquely acute at base, entire, prominently reticulate-veined; panicles terminal, 20-30 cm. long, puberulous; flowers 4-5 mm. across, yellowish green; calyx-lobes and petals 4 or 5, the outer side of the latter and the lower half of the stamens pubescent; fruit globose, about 2 cm. across, glabrous, yellowish brown, lustrous, with the abortive carpels persistent on one side at base. June.

Hon­shu (centr. distr. and westw.), Shikoku, Kyushu. Ryukyus, Formosa, China to India.