Symplocos driophylla


Botanical Information

FamilySymplocaceae
GenusSymplocos
Speciesdriophylla
SynonymsDicalix delavayi, Symplocos delavayi, Symplocos longipetiolata.
CategoryWoody
TypeShrub (evergreen)
OriginIndia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Details

USDA Hardiness Zone7 - 11
USDA Hardiness Ref.
Canadian Hardiness Zone8
Canada Hardiness Ref.
RHS Hardiness ZoneH4 - H1c
RHS Hardiness Ref.
Temperature (°C)-34
Temperature (°F)-30
HeightTo 8 m tall.
GrowthMedium
Flowering PeriodMarch, April, May

Description and Growing Information

Notable SpecimensCaerhays Castle, Goran, Cornwall, United Kingdom.
HabitatSlopes in mixed forests; 2100--3200 m.
Flower/Leaf Bud DescriptionRacemes forming a globose cone in bud, becoming 6-9 cm, axis spreading yellowish brown villous, base surrounded by several glabrous leathery scales.
Leaf DescriptionLeaf 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 DescriptionOvary 1-2 mm, glabrous. Calyx glabrous; lobes triangular-ovate, 1-1.5 mm. Corolla 4-6 mm. Stamens 40--50.

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