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Symplocos driophylla
Origin: India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.
| Family |
| Symplocaceae |
| Genus |
| Symplocos |
| Species |
| driophylla |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Shrub (evergreen) |
| Synonyms |
| Dicalix delavayi, Symplocos delavayi, Symplocos longipetiolata. |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 7 - 11 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 8 |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H4 - H1c |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -34 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| -30 |
| Height |
| To 8 m tall. |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Growth |
| Medium |
| 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. |
| Notable Specimens |
| Caerhays Castle, Goran, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |
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