Claim: Sorbus hupehensis' branches and shoots are slender, and its leaves above are green while paler on beneath.
Evidence: The branches and shoots are slender. The leaves are green above, paler beneath, 10–15 cm long, pinnate with 7-17 narrow oval leaflets 3–5 cm long and 1–1.8 cm broad, with an acute apex, and serrated margins.