HEIGHT up to 50 ft (15 m)
TYPE Deciduous
OCCURRENCE S.W. Asia, N.E. Greece
This narrowly conical tree grows in evergreen thickets in Asia and Greece. The flowers bloom in early summer. BARK Gray-brown, cracking into numerous small, square plates. LEAF Alternate, long-stalked, deeply cut into three lobes, smooth above, hairy beneath; glossy dark green turning yellow, red, and purple in fall. FLOWER White, cupshaped, with five petals and yellow anthers, appearing from woolly buds, borne in small clusters at the end of shoots. FRUIT Small, hard, green or red-green pome, up to 11⁄4 in (3 cm) wide.
