Plant
- Small to medium tree
- Deciduous
Twig
- Alternate leaf arrangement
- Zig-zag pattern
Leaf
- 3-5" long
- Broadly ovate to nearly heart-shaped
- Abrupt point at tip
- 1½-2½" long petiole (leaf stalk)
Flower
- ½" wide, in clusters
- 4-8 flowers per cluster
- Reddish-purple to pink as they open
Bud
- Foliage buds: small, ⅛" long, somewhat flattened
- Flower buds: ¼" long, more rounded
- Terminal bud absent
Fruit
- 2-3" long, flat pod, ½" wide
- Red or green when young, ripening to brown
