Vasilis Teodoridis:
Symplocaceae | Symplocos
22. Symplocos crassilimba Merrill; Lingnan Sci. J. 14: 47. 1935.
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Dicalix crassilimbus (Merrill) Migo.
Trees 5--30 m tall. Young branchlets grayish white; glabrous. Petiole 1.5--3 cm; leaf blade olive green when dry; elliptic to obovate; 6--14.5 X 3--7 cm; thickly leathery; base broadly cuneate to rounded; margin entire or sparsely denticulate; apex slightly acuminate; lateral veins 7--11 pairs. Racemes 4--5 cm; axis glabrous; bracts and bractlets early deciduous; glabrous; bracts suborbicular; 5--9 mm; margin ciliate. Pedicel 0.5--1 mm; glabrous. Ovary 1.5--2 mm; glabrous. Calyx ca. 1.8 mm; glabrous; lobes triangular ovate; ca. 1.5 mm. Corolla 6--7 mm. Stamens 80--100. Disc glabrous. Drupes yellowish white; ellipsoid to ovoid; 1.5--2 X 0.6--0.8 cm; apex with persistent erect calyx lobes. Fl. Oct-Dec; fr. Jun-Jul.
* Mixed forests; 400--1000 m. Hainan.