Vasilis Teodoridis:
Symplocos sumuntia Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don; Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 145. 1825.
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Bobua austrosinensis Migo; Dicalix austrosinensis (Migo) Migo; D. botryanthus (Franchet) Migo; D. decorus (Hance) Migo; D. swinhoeanus (Hance) Migo; D. urceolaris (Hance) Migo; Symplocos botryantha Franchet; S. botryantha var. stenophylla Brand; S. caerulea H. Léveillé; S. caudata Wallich ex G. Don; S. caudata var. macrantha Handel-Mazzetti; S. caudata var. macrocalyx Handel-Mazzetti; S. cavaleriei H. L eill_; S. decora Hance; S. dolichostylosa Y. F. Wu; S. fuboensis M. Y. Fang; S. leucophylla Brand; S. macrostroma Hayata; S. ovatibracteata Y. F. Wu; S. prunifolia Siebold & Zuccarini; S. punctata Brand; S. rachitricha Y. F. Wu; S. sasakii Hayata; S. somai Hayata; S. sozanensis Hayata; S. subconnata Handel-Mazzetti; S. swinhoeana Hance; S. urceolaris Hance.
Trees. Young branchlets brown; usually glabrous. Petiole 2–10(–15) mm; leaf blade elliptic; narrowly ovate; or ovate; 2–10 x 0.7–4.5 cm; thin leathery; glabrous; sometimes abaxially hairy; base cuneate to rounded; margin slightly serrate; sinuolate-dentate; or rarely subentire; apex caudate; lateral veins 4–8(–10) per side. Racemes 1–6(–9) cm; subglabrous; pilose; or pubescent; bracts and bractlets very soon deciduous; linear; broadly ovate; or obovate; densely pubescent; bracts 2–5 mm; bractlets 0.3–1.5 mm. Pedicel 0.1–1.3 cm. Ovary ca. 0.5 mm in staminate flowers and 1–1.5 mm in bisexual flowers; glabrous or very fine appressed short hairy. Calyx lobes triangular-ovate; 0.3–1.5 mm; glabrous or sparsely appressed hairy; margin ciliate. Corolla white or yellow; probably lilac when young; 4–8 mm. Stamens 23–40. Disc glabrous; annular. Drupe ampulli-form to ovoid; 6–10 (–15) x 3–6 mm; apex with persistent erect calyx lobes. Fl. Feb–Nov; fr. Apr–Nov.
Mixed forests; 100–1800 m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Bhutan; India; Japan; Korea; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Thailand; Vietnam].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
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; Di-calix crassifolia (Bentham) Migo; D. ernestii (Dunn) Migo; D. setchuensis (Brand) Migo; D. shinodanus Migo; Symplo-cos acutangula Brand; S. coronigera H. Léveillé; S. crassi-folia 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; often sulcate; lateral veins 4–15 per side. Inflo-rescences basally branched spikes or racemes; 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 less 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 toward base. Drupe 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].