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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.
Photographs
Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
MarchAprilMay
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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