Plant
- Medium to large deciduous tree
- 35-60' tall
Twig
- Alternate leaf arrangement
Bark
- Deep, blocky ridges
- Orange background
Leaf
- 4-7" long
- Alternate, simple
- Smooth or wavy edges
Flower
- Small, inconspicuous
- Separate male and female flowers, usually separate trees
- Creamy white to yellowish-green
Fruit
- ½-3½" long
- Nearly round to slightly flattened
- Persistent leafy calyx at top of fruit