Plant
- Large deciduous tree
- 70-100' tall
Twig
- Alternate leaf arrangement
- Prominent lenticels
Leaf
- 12-18" long
- Alternate, compound with 9-7 leaflets
- Leaflets: 2-5" long, with toothed edges
Flower
- Separate male and female flowers
- Male flowers in greenish catkins
- Female flowers not easily visible
Fruit
- 1-2½" long
- Oval to oblong
- Green outer husk encloses shell
- Edible seed enclosed by brown shell
