Vasilis Teodoridis:
Symplocaceae | Symplocos
10. Symplocos glauca (Thunberg) Koidzumi; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo). 39: 313. 1925.
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Trees or shrubs. Twigs glabrous or rusty tomentellous to tomentose; small pith lamellated; often disappearing when dry; buds densely brown pubescent. Petiole 1--4 cm; leaf blade brown when dry; narrowly elliptic to narrowly obovate; 10--18(--26) X 2--5(--10) cm; leathery when dry; both surfaces glabrous or rarely abaxially with cobwebby hairs; papillate or rarely papillae only near base and very short but absent in var. epapillata; base cuneate; margin recurved and entire; denticulate; or dentate; apex mucronate-acuminate to acute; midvein adaxially impressed; lateral veins 7--18 pairs. Spikes or fascicles; from axils of leaves or from wood beneath them; 1--2 cm; usually branched from base; bracts and bractlets persistent in fruit; broadly ovate; 1--4 mm and 1--3 mm respectively; brown tomentose. Ovary 0.5--1 mm; glabrous. Calyx 1.5--2.5 mm; lobes ovate 1--1.5 mm; brown tomentose. Corolla 3--5 mm. Stamens 20--60. Disc cylindrical to pulvinate; glabrous or rarely villous. Style ca. 5 mm; glabrous. Drupes cylindrical to narrowly ovoid; 1.2--2 X 6--8 cm; apex with persistent erect calyx lobes; only 1 locule developed. Fl. Apr-Aug; fr. Aug-Oct.
600--3000 m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan; Hunan; Sichuan; Taiwan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [India; Japan; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam]