Foliage is dark green above and soft, hairy, and light green beneath. The leaf base is rounded. Twigs are reddish-brown and glossy. May flowers are followed by a brown, cone-like fruit with red seeds in September or October. Twigs and buds are glabrous.
Flowers are white with an unpleasant odor.
Fruit has a rosy cast to the cone. Seeds are red and ripen in September or October. Tree is often multi-stemmed. Foliage is bloomy and finely hairy beneath. May and June flowers are followed by rosy fruit in September or October.