Vasilis Teodoridis:
Symplocaceae | Symplocos
1. Symplocos lucida (Thunberg) Siebold & Zuccarini; Fl. Jap. 1: 55. 1835.
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Laurus lucida Thunberg in Murray; Syst. Veg. ed. 14; 383. 1784; Bobua ilicifolia (Hayata) Kanehira & Sasaki; Dicalix crassifolia (Bentham) Migo; D. ernestii (Dunn) Migo; D. setchuensis (Brand) Migo; D. shinodanus Migo; Symplocos acutangula Brand; S. coronigera H. Léveillé; S. crassifolia Bentham; S. discolor Brand; S. ernestii Dunn; S. henryi Brand; S. howii Merrill & Chun ex H. L. Li; S. ilicifolia Hayata; S. multipes Brand; S. phyllocalyx C. B. Clarke; S. potaninii Gontscharow; S. setchuensis Brand; S. shilanensis Y. C. Liu & F. Y. Lu; S. sinuata Brand; S tetragona Chen ex Y. F. Wu; S. theifolia D. Don; S. wilsonii Brand (December 1906); not Hemsley (July 1906); S. xanthoxantha H. Léveillé.
Shrubs or trees. Branchlets mostly yellowish green; slightly angled to winged; glabrous. Petiole 0.5--1.5 cm; leaf blade oblong to narrowly elliptic; 5--13 X 2--5 cm; leathery; glabrous; base cuneate; margin revolute and entire or sharply dentate; apex long acuminate to acute; midvein adaxially prominent and often sulcate; lateral veins 4--15 pairs. Inflorescences a basally branched spike or raceme; shortened to a fascicle or up to 6 cm; axis mostly puberulent to pubescent; bracts and bractlets persistent; broadly obovate; 1--3 mm; often glabrous. Ovary glabrous; 0.5--2 mm. Calyx 1--3 mm; glabrous; lobes oblong; slightly shorter than 3 mm. Corolla 3--5 mm. Stamens 10--80; 4--6 mm. Disc white villous; puberulent; or woolly-sericeous. Style ± as long as corolla to much shorter; glabrous or hairy towards base. Drupes ovoid to mostly ellipsoid; 0.5--1.8 X 0.4--1.3 cm; apex with persistent calyx lobes. Seeds and embryo usually U-shaped. Fl. Mar-Dec; fr. May-Dec.
Mixed forests; 500--2600 m. Anhui; Fujian; Gansu; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Xizang; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Bhutan; Cambodia; India; Indonesia; Japan; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam]
In many collections the petioles in Symplocos lucida are decurrent on the twigs; making the latter ridged to slightly winged. The name S. tetragona has been applied to the extreme condition; but after careful study it is apparent that; apart from winged branchlets; S. tetragona is indistinguishable from S. lucida.