Symplocos driophylla
Botanical Information
| Family | Symplocaceae |
| Genus | Symplocos |
| Species | driophylla |
| Synonyms | Dicalix delavayi, Symplocos delavayi, Symplocos longipetiolata. |
| Category | Woody |
| Type | Shrub (evergreen) |
| Origin | India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. |
Details
| USDA Hardiness Zone | 7 - 11 |
| USDA Hardiness Ref. | |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone | 8 |
| Canada Hardiness Ref. | |
| RHS Hardiness Zone | H4 - H1c |
| RHS Hardiness Ref. | |
| Temperature (°C) | -34 |
| Temperature (°F) | -30 |
| Height | To 8 m tall. |
| Growth | Medium |
| Flowering Period | March, April, May |
Description and Growing Information
| Notable Specimens | Caerhays Castle, Goran, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |
| Habitat | Slopes in mixed forests; 2100--3200 m. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description | Racemes forming a globose cone in bud, becoming 6-9 cm, axis spreading yellowish brown villous, base surrounded by several glabrous leathery scales. |
| Leaf Description | Leaf blade elliptic to narrowly obovate, 7 X 4.5 cm, leathery, glabrous, base cuneate, margin entire or inconspicuously sharply dentate, apex acuminate, lateral veins 9-12 pairs and adaxially impressed. |
| Flower Description | Ovary 1-2 mm, glabrous. Calyx glabrous; lobes triangular-ovate, 1-1.5 mm. Corolla 4-6 mm. Stamens 40--50. |
Photographs
Symplocos dryophila, form, Caerhays Castle, Goran, Cornwall, United Kingdom.
Symplocos dryophila, leaf, Caerhays Castle, Goran, Cornwall, United Kingdom.
Symplocos dryophila, flower bud, Caerhays Castle, Goran, Cornwall, United Kingdom.