Deiduous tree, the branches pubescent, becoming glabrate; leaves narrowlylinearoblong, 8-15cm Long, 2-4cm Wide, acute, rounded to broadly cuneate at base,pubescent on both sides at first, soon becoming glabrous above, pale green and nearlyglabrate beneath except for axillary tufts of hairs, the lateral nerves 12 to 16 pairs,marginal teeth awn-tipped, the petioles 1-2cm long; fruiting involucres sessile,enveloping more than half the nut, the scales broadly linear, slightly reflexed, dense;nus subglobose, about 2cm long and as wide. -May. (Korea)