Symplocos glomerata var. glomerata

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Symplocos glomerata var. glomerata

Description

Small tree, 6 m. Leaves elliptic, acuminate, with glandular dentate margin, 7-20 by 2-4½ cm; Flowers in a fascicle from the axils of the leaves or from wood. Stamens c. 25 to c. 50. Ovary glabrous, c. 1 mm high. Fruit 7-10 by c. 3 mm.

Distribution

Asia-Temperate: China Southeast (Hong Kong present); Hainan (Hainan present), Asia-Tropical: India present; Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present), Burma present, G. Lawut Besut present, Southern America: Argentina Northeast (Formosa present), Trengganu present, continental Asia present
Continental Asia (India, Burma, Indo-China, China, Hainan, Hong Kong, Formosa); in Malesia: Malay Peninsula (Trengganu, once found on G. Lawut Besut).

Notes

There is a considerable synonymy involved in this widely spread continental SE. Asian species which I have subdivided into two subspecies and several varieties.