Symplocos dolichotricha Merr.

Species

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Characteristics

Trees to 12 m tall. Young branchlets covered with a mixed indumentum of short hairs and slender 2.5--3 mm hairs. Petiole 4--7 mm; leaf blade elliptic, oblong-elliptic, or ovate-elliptic, 6--15.5 X 2--5.5 cm, papery, abaxially with bulbous-based dense patent soft hairs, adaxially long pilose but often soon glabrescent, base acute to cordate, margin entire or minutely denticulate, apex acuminate, lateral veins 4--8 pairs and adaxially impressed. Inflorescences a glomerule, 6--8-flowered; bracts and bractlets persistent, ovate to triangular broadly ovate, 1--2 mm, sparsely to densely appressed pubescent. Ovary 1--2 mm, glabrous. Calyx lobes oblong to ovate, 1--1.5 mm, glabrous or sparsely appressed pubescent. Corolla 3--4 mm. Stamens ca. 30. Disc flat or annular, with 5 epipetalous glands, pilose. Drupes green, subglobose, ca. 5 X 5 mm, apex with persistent erect calyx lobes. Fl. and fr. Jul-Nov.
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Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 12.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Symplocos dolichotricha world distribution map, present in China, Myanmar, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:827556-1
WFO ID wfo-0001141660
COL ID 7B6FG
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Synonyms

Symplocos dolichotricha Symplocos indochinensis Symplocos kwangtungensis