Rhizomes short and thick, with numerous stout fibrous roots; stems 10-30cm Long,often branched, usually papillose-puberulent above, sometimes pubescent; lowerleaves membranous, sheathlike, the normal cauline leaves alterante, deltoid-ovate, 3-10cmlong, petiolate, pinnately dissected, the ultimate segments lanceolate, glabrousor pubescent underneath; stipules small, lobed, green; flowers yellow, 3-4cm across;sepals several, ovate; petals longer than the sepals, 20-30, spreading, broadlyoblanceolate; anthers 1-2mm long; achenes puberulent, 3-3.5 mm long, on receptaclesabout 1cm long, the heads ovoid-globose; style short and recurved. (Korea) Small to medium-sized tree, 3 - 4m. high. Bark brown, branches glabrous. Leavesalternate, attenuate at both ends; margins serrate. Flowers pink, solitary in the axil ofthe leaves. Drupe subglobose, downy, with a lateral fun ow and whitish-yellow skinoverlaid with red; stone ridged, brown (Vietnam)