Semi-deciduous tree to 25 m tall, crown broad; suckers absent. Bark olive green to grey, mottled orange-brown, shedding in small plates. Leaves elliptic to obovate, 2.5–5(–7) cm long; upper surface shining green, glabrous; apex acute; base slightly oblique, attenuate, obtuse or cordate; margins serrate; veins 7–11; petiole 2–5(–8) cm long. Fruit an elliptic to ovate samara, 6–8 mm wide, wing absent. Flowers late summer–autumn.
VVP, GipP, Gold, HSF. Also naturalised WA, Qld, NSW, Tas. Native to Asia.
Grown as an ornamental, known outside of cultivation in Victoria by a single record on a roadside reserve near Narre Warren.
