Japan Flora: Evergreen glabrous tree; leaves coriaceous, oblanceolate to broadly so, 6-12 cm. long, 1-3.5 cm. wide, obtuse or acute with an obtuse tip, long-cuneate at base, entire, sometimes with few appressed teeth on upper margins, the raised nerves reddish on under side, the petioles 5-10 mm. long; pistillate aments sessile, narrow, 8-12 mm. long, with small scales; fruit globose, tuberculate, 12-15 mm. across, dark red when mature. Mar.-Apr.

Honshu (sw. Kan to Distr., and Wakasa Prov. and xvestw.), Shikoku, Kyushu. s. Korea, Ryukyus, Formosa, and China.