Decidous shrub to 5 m or more tall. Branchlets pale yellowish to purplish grey with lenticels. Buds pink. Leaves mostly 7-12 cm long, 5-10 cm wide, ovate with 3 lobes near the apex, the base with 3 veins. Flowers yellow in clusters 1-1.5 cm wide, appearing before the leaves and on short stalks less than 5 mm long; spring. Fruits, 1 cm wide, round, shiny, black.

Korea, China, Japan

VIC: Dandenongs ('Pirianda' about 5 m tall in 1984); Geelong (Geelong Botanic Gardens).

Source: Spencer, R. (1997). Lauraceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.