Volume 2 > Part 4 > Year 1981 > Page 458 > Symplocaceae > Symplocos

8. Symplocos dryophila C.B.Clarkewfo-0001141776

Fl. Br. Ind. 3: 578. 1882; Noot., Rev. Symploc.: 190. t. 12. 1975.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Shrub or small tree to 12 m; twigs glabrous, except the base of the young shoot which is pubescent between the scars of the fallen bud scales; terminal buds often large, with coriaceous glabrous outer scales, and hairy inner scales. Leaves (narrowly) obovate to elliptic, 9–23 by 3–6 cm, glabrous with cuneate base and acuminate apex; acumen 5–18 mm; nerves 9–18 pairs; reticulation coarse; petiole often stout, 10–20 mm. Inflorescence forming a cone in bud, the base surrounded by several glabrous, coriaceous scales; raceme to 10(–15) cm; axis sparsely soft hairy to densely (appressed) sericeous; bracts appressed-pubescent to sericeous, 5–9 mm; bracteoles pubescent, ca 3 mm, both soon caducous; pedicels becoming 2–10 mm. Calyx glabrous or rarely sericeous towards the apex, triangular (to semi-elliptic), 1–1.5 mm long. Corolla 5–6(–10) mm. Stamens 40–75. Disk inconspicuous. Ovary glabrous, 1–2 mm high; style glabrous, but the conical base minutely soft-hairy to densely sericeous. Fruit ellipsoid, 5–12 by 3–7 mm with smooth stone; mesocarp fleshy. Seed 1, from nearly straight to curved.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai (Doi Inthanon).

Distribution : India (type), Burma, Indochina, China.

Ecology : Lower montane forests, above 2,000 m alt.