e-Flora of Thailand
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6. Symplocos cochinchinensis (Lour.) S.Moorewfo-0001141713
J. Bot. 52: 148. 1914; Noot., Rev. Symploc.: 141. t. 2 c. 1975.— Dicalix cochinchinensis Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 1: 663. 1790.
Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.
Description : Small shrub to large tree. Leaves very variable in all characters. Inflorescence with spicate branches. Fruit globose to ampulliform with curved embryo and seed.
Distribution : Continental Asia (from China and Japan in the north and India in the west), throughout Malesia to Australia (Queensland and New South Wales), the Solomons, the New Hebrides, and Fiji.
Key to the subspecies
1. Calyx lobes hairy, often enlarged in fruit, forming a conical beak a. ssp. cochinchinensis
1. Calyx lobes glabrous, often ciliate, not enlarged in fruit b. ssp. laurina
1. Calyx lobes hairy, often enlarged in fruit, forming a conical beak a. ssp. cochinchinensis
1. Calyx lobes glabrous, often ciliate, not enlarged in fruit b. ssp. laurina