My neighbor has several trees that are 50 to 60 feet tall. Trunks are mostly 12 to 14 inches across and the bark is deeply cut as shown. The alternate leaves are 3 to 4 inches wide, 4 to 6 inches long, light green underneath, dark green and very glossy above, with tapered bases, mostly acuminate tips, and sometimes sharp points on shoulders. Fruits are about 0.5 inch long by 0.25 inch wide, and usually in pairs on pedicels about 1 inch long. There is a very hard layer underneath those fruits, and they are said to turn a dark bluish in the fall. The squirrels are fans of the fruit.

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