Vasilis Teodoridis:
Symplocaceae | Symplocos
38. Symplocos congesta Bentham; Fl. Hongk. 211. 1861.
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Bobua adinandrifolia (Hayata) Kanehira & Sasaki; B. congesta (Bentham) Migo; B. nakaii (Hayata) Kanehira & Sasaki; B. phaeophylla (Hayata) Kanehira & Sasaki; B. taiwaniana Hatusima; B. theifolia Kanehira & Sasaki; Dicalix congestus (Bentham) Migo; Symplocos adinandrifolia Hayata; S. cuspidata Brand; S. hayatae Mori; S. kudoi Mori; S. nakaii Hayata; S. phaeophylla Hayata.
Trees or shrubs. Young branchlets tomentellous or at least with some patches of tomentum especially towards apex and at beginning of growth flushes; glabrescent; terminal buds tomentellous; with several scales. Petiole 0.5--1.5 cm; leaf blade elliptic to obovate; 8--10(--17) X 2--6 cm; papery; glabrous; base cuneate to broadly cuneate; margin entire or rarely dentate; apex acuminate to acute; lateral veins 5--10 pairs. Inflorescences a glomerule; bracts and bractlets persistent; brown tomentose; margin with 4 or 5 oblong glands. Ovary 0.5--1.5 mm; glabrous or appressed pubescent. Calyx glabrous; tube 0.5 mm; lobes 1.5--3.5 mm. Corolla 4--5 mm. Stamens ca. 50. Disc flat to annular; glabrous. Drupes purplish blue; cylindrical; 8--13 X 3--4 mm; apex with persistent erect calyx lobes. Fl. Aug-Nov; fr. Jan-Feb.
* Mixed forests; 200--1500 m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan; Hunan; Jiangxi; Taiwan; Yunnan; Zhejiang.