Flora of North America species comparison

deciduous;

petiole 4–12 mm;

blade ovate-elliptic, 2.5–10 × 1.5–3.5 cm, base attenuate to broadly cuneate, margins minutely denticulate, apex acuminate.

persistent;

petiole 5–10 mm;

blade lanceolate, ovate, elliptic, to broadly obovate-elliptic, 1–9 × 0.5–5 cm, base cuneate, acute, obtuse, to rounded, margins crenate-serrate, apex obtuse, acute, or acuminate.

axillary, 1–7(–15)-flowered.

axillary, 5–15-flowered.

sepals 4;

petals 4, yellow or white, oblong, 3–4 × 1–2 mm;

stamens 4;

ovary smooth.

sepals 4;

petals 4, white to pale green, oblong, 3–4 × 2–3 mm;

stamens 4;

ovary smooth.

pink, obovoid, 8–10 × 12–15 mm, deeply (2–)4-lobed, rarely only 1 lobe developing, lobes clearly connate, surface smooth.

straw colored to orange, globose, 6–8 mm diam., unlobed or very shallowly 4-lobed, lobes clearly connate, surface smooth.

obovoid, 7–8 × 4–5 mm;

aril orange or yellow.

ellipsoid, 4–6 mm;

aril orange.

to 20 m. Stems prostrate to erect, climbing by adventitious roots;

young branches terete, not corky winged.

= 32.