Symplocos stellaris Brand

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Symplocaceae > Symplocos

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees. Buds and young branchlets reddish brown tomentellous but glabrous in var. aenea, soon glabrescent. Petiole 1--3 cm; leaf blade narrowly oblong-elliptic to narrowly obovate, 6--23 X 1.8--5 cm, thickly leathery, glabrous, abaxially smooth, often light colored, and subglaucous, base broadly cuneate to rarely subrounded, margin entire but rarely glands on juvenile leaves persisting and blade margin glandular denticulate, apex mucronate-acuminate to acute, midvein, lateral veins, and reticulate veins abaxially inconspicuous and adaxially impressed, lateral veins 7--15 pairs. Inflorescences a glomerule or condensed spike; bracts and bractlets persistent, 2--3.5 mm, densely tomentose but glabrous except for ciliate margin in var. aenea. Ovary 1--1.5 mm, glabrous. Calyx 1.5--2 mm; lobes semi-orbicular, 0.5--1 mm, glabrous or rarely woolly tomentose, margin ciliate. Corolla 5--8 mm, apically ciliate. Stamens 18--25 or ca. 50 in var. aenea. Disc cylindrical, ca. 0.5 mm, glabrous. Drupes narrowly ovoid-cylindric, ca. 1 cm, apex with persistent erect calyx lobes. Fl. Feb-May, fr. Jun-Sep.
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

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Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Symplocos stellaris world distribution map, present in China and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:827311-1
WFO ID wfo-0001141637
COL ID 53S5P
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Synonyms

Dicalix stellaris Bobua stellaris Symplocos stellaris Symplocos wilsonii Symplocos dunniana Symplocos eriobotryaefolia Symplocos limprichtii Bobua eriobotryifolia Symplocos stellaris var. stellaris

Lower taxons

Symplocos stellaris var. aenea