Can develop a dense head of foliage. Moderate to rapid rate of growth, single or multi-trunked. Leaves are simple and narrowly elliptical to oblong. Foliage color is medium green and flowers are greenish yellow. Flowers are not showy.
Fruit are in clusters and are papery capsules.
Look like large elm fruits. They are conspicuous. Good plant to use as a screen, background shrub or border. Can prune to a specimen tree or use as a street tree. Will take almost any soil type and withstands heat, aridity, drought.