Tree 20-30 m tall with egglike to spherical crown. Leaves are simple. The lamina is up to 8 cm long. The face is glossy dark green, the underside is grayish or blue-green; soon getting bald. The 3th order venation is little conspicuous, reticulate. In the vein axils are on the underside fluffs of rusty-brown hairs. The petiole is glabrous, often reddish.The fruit are nuts, spherical or pear-shaped, smooth or with indistinct ribs, can be crashed in hands. Fall in the autumn, or in the winter. Shoots: Shoots are usually glabrous, on the top red, on the bottom green, thin. Natural range: Europe, Western Asia; in our area domestic.