Today, it is the most popular wood used for fabricating solid and veneer furniture. It has a long, clear bole that spreads into a narrow, oblong crown. Leaves Leaves are pinnately compound, alternate, and deciduous. The terminal leaflet is the largest. Leaf bases are usually rounded.
Leaflet margins are finely serrate.
Leaflet surfaces are yellow-green and glabrous above, paler and glabrous below, occasionally pubescent along the midrib. The rachis are slender, smooth and glabrous. The flowers of this tree are unisexual. Fruit Fruit is a pear-shaped nut, about 1.25 inch long. The nut is thick-walled, unridged, compressed, and is incased in a thin husk.