Korea Flora: Deciduous tree. Height 10m. Winter Buds and Terminal Buds: Terminal buds broadly ovate to conical, apex pointed, with 3-6 bud scales; terminal buds larger than lateral buds, 4-8mm long. Leaf scars heart-shaped, semicircular, or triangular. Leaves: Alternate, odd-pinnately compound, 30cm long; leaflets 7-15, lanceolate-oblong or broadly lanceolate, apex acuminate, 7-10cm long, base obtuse or cuneate. Leaves turn red in autumn. Flowers: Polygamous, panicles arising from leaf axils, 10-20cm long. Flowers yellowish-green; sepals, petals, and stamens 5 each; pistillate flowers with 5 reduced stamens, 1 ovary, and style divided into 3 branches. Fruit and Seeds: Drupes asymmetrically globose, yellow, glabrous, larger ones 7-10mm in diameter.

Flowering Period: May Fruiting Period: October Distribution: Honshu to Okinawa, Ogasawara Islands, Japan; Jeollanam-do and Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea