• Opposite, simple leaves
• 5 lobed leaves
• Leaves are toothed
• White, solid pith is chambered
• Buds are large, mostly greenish
with reddish brown color at tips
• Long leafstalks are light
green/yellow with mostly red
across it
• Leaf scars from opposite sides meet
• Twig is a dark brown with many end bud scars encircling
• Dark brown trunk with vertical ridges