Description
Large, upright, broad semi-evergreen shrub (H 3-4 m, W 4-6 m). Leaves elongate ovate (6-8 cm), glossy, dark green, autumn colour partly yellow. Flowers tiny, in numerous inflorescence along the shoots, brown, with red anthers. Flowering period: March. Species × Sycoparrotia semidecidua is an intergeneric hybrid between Parrotia persica and Sycopsis sinensis.