[1] The tree is between 5 and 15 meters tall, with scaly bark on the trunk.

The leaves are between 4 and 7 centimeters in length, the blades are oblong to obovate, and adaxially glabrous to sparsely hairy.

The nuts are between 20 and 35 millimeters long and conic-oblong or ovoid.

[3] It is found in chaparral and woodlands habitats in canyons and slopes below 600 metres (2,000 ft).

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