Vasilis Teodoridis:
Symplocaceae | Symplocos
15. Symplocos adenophylla Wallich ex G. Don; Gen. Hist. 4: 3. 1837.
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Dicalix punctomarginatus (A. Chevalier ex Guillaumin) Migo; Symplocos iteophylla Miquel; S. maclurei Merrill; S. punctomarginata A. Chevalier ex Guillaumin; S. stewardii Sleumer.
Trees 4--10 m tall. Young branchlets; buds; inflorescences; bracts; and calyces reddish brown powdery puberulent. Branchlets reddish brown. Petiole 5--10 mm; margin glandular punctate; leaf blade narrowly elliptic; elliptic; or narrowly ovate; 6--11 X 1.8--3 cm; thickly papery; powdery but soon glabrescent; base cuneate; margin subentire to sinuous-dentate and with elliptic punctate glands; apex caudate-acuminate; lateral veins 4--12 pairs. Racemes or spikes; 2--6 cm; 1--3-branched; axis tomentellous-puberulent when young; bracts and bractlets persistent; triangular-ovate; 1--1.5 mm. Ovary 1--2 mm. Calyx 0.5--1 mm; lobes semi-orbicular; 0.3--0.5 mm. Corolla ca. 3 mm. Stamens 30--35. Disc annular; glabrous. Drupes ellipsoid-cylindric; 6--12 X 3--5 mm. Fl. and fr. Jul-Aug.
Mixed forests; 200--800 m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan; Yunnan; (Indonesia; Malaysia; Philippines; Thailand; Vietnam].