Deciduous tree to 28 m tall, narrow crown. Leaves broadly elliptic, occasionally 3-lobed, 10-20 cm long. Flowers after complete leaf fall with whole crown completely covered with the blossoms, in clusters at the end of the shoot, bright orange-red, no corolla, only calyx tube. Fruits 7.5-10 cm long, in bunches on bare twigs, pale brownish, papery.