Location: Found mostly in open uplands, forest edges, road sides

Characteristics:

• Tall shrub or small tree
• Height: 9 m (30 in)
• Open, flat crown with a few spreading branches.

Uses:

• Root bark used as an astringent
• Root bark used to staunch bleeding

Leaves:

• 30-60 cm (12-24 in) long
• Compound
• Hairy, reddish axis
• Dark green above, whitish beneath
• Bright red, purple and orange in autumn

Bark:

• Dark brown
• Thin
• Smooth or scaly

Fruiting parts:

• Multiple fruits clustered upright, 20 cm (8 in) long
• Densely covered with dark red hairs
• Fruits mature in late summer and autumn, remain in winter