Symplocos macrophylla Wall., Numer. List 4431 1831. (Syn: Eugeniodes jucundum (Thw.) Kuntze; Eugeniodes macrophyllum (Wall.) Kuntze; Eugeniodes marginale (Thw.) Kuntze; Lodhra gardneriana Miers; Lodhra jucunda (Thw.) Miers; Lodhra macrophylla (Wall.) Miers; Lodhra marginalis (Thw.) Miers; Symplocos barberi Gamble; Symplocos gardneriana Wight; Symplocos ifsiana C. E. C. Fischer; Symplocos jucunda Thw.; Symplocos marginalis Thw.);
India (Assam, S-India), Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life;
Malayalam: Malankurvi Kannada: Sankan
Trees , to 7 m high; young branches curved with rusty tomentose. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 10 -20 mm, stout, tomentose; lamina 7.5 -15 x 3.5 -7.5 cm, elliptic , elliptic-ovate, base acute or rounded, apex acute to acuminate, margin crenulate, recurved when old, glabrous above, rusty villous beneath, coriaceous, yellow when dry; lateral nerves 10 -12 pairs, prominent, pinnate, villous, midrib raised beneath; intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers bisexual, white, 0.85cm across, sessile, in axillary spike, 5cm, densely rusty villous; bracts small; calyx tube adnate to the ovary, lobes 5, ovate, acute villous; petals 5 , shortly connate at base ; stamens numerous, many seriate, adnate to the corolla tube; anthers short; ovary inferior, carpels 3, ovules 2 in each cells, pendulous; stigma slightly lobed. Fruit a drupe, 1.2cm long, cylindrical densely hairy, purple. Flowering and fruiting: February-May
Evergreen forests
Southern Western Ghats (Endemic)
Tree for ID- 08022014- PKA-Feb-25 : Attachments (9). 8 posts by 5 authors.
Saw this tree in Mullayanagiri range at an altitude of approx. 5500 to 6000 ft.
Could this be some Symplocos sp.. Date/Time: 26-01-2014 / 11:20AM Habitat: Wild Plant Habit: Tree (approx. 5 m tall). A Lauraceae?
sorry its Symplocos only.
Symplocos macrophylla?
Symplocos species so far in efi
¿ Symplocos ? :: Galibeedu, Madikeri :: 23 FEB 2017 : 3 posts by 2 authors. 5 images.
Madikeri Coorg, Karnataka
Date: 23 FEB 2017 … Average elevation: ~ 1117 m (3667 ft) asl
ID please … ¿ Symplocos ?
Names of Plants in India :: Symplocos macrophylla Wall. : 2 posts by 2 authors. 1 image.
via Species > S > Symplocos macrophylla Wall. … family: Symplocaceae
simp-LOK-os or simp-LAW-kaws — from the Greek symploke (entertwined or inter-connected) … Dave’s Botanary mak-roh-FIL-uh — big leaf … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: big-leaved saphire berry • Kannada: ಸಂಕಣಿ sankani • Malayalam: മലങ്കുരുവി malankuruvi botanical names: Symplocos macrophylla Wall. … synonyms: status at The Plants List (2013). Version 1.1. February 23, 2017 … Madikeri, Karnataka Symplocos macrocarpa images in FOI : 3 posts by 2 authors.
Symplocos macrocarpa images of Sivaprasad ji in FOI look different from images in Biotik.
I think these should be Symplocos macrophylla subsp. macrophylla only as per images and details herein.
Pl. correct. Thanks …, I think you are right here!
References: Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 (Unresolved) India Biodiversity Portal Biotik (Synonym : Symplocos gardneriana Wt.) Leiden Univ. Flickr JSTOR | Global Plants: Isotype of Symplocos macrophylla Wall. POWO Flora of Peninsular India GBIF |