Symplocos glabra Jessup

Jessup, L.W. (2011). Austrobaileya 8(3): 239-240.

White Hazelwood

Narrow, brown, brittle stripes in the blaze. Lenticels often large and conspicuous.

Petiole often purplish or black on the upper surface. Leaf blades about 4-14 x 1.6-5.5 cm. Lateral veins forming loops inside the blade margin.

Inflorescence about 2-3 cm long, axis glabrous. Calyx lobes about 0.75-1 mm long. Corolla about 4-5 mm long. Stamens about 30-50. Style glabrous, about 4-5 mm long.

Fruits ellipsoid to nearly globose, about 8-9 x 5-8 mm, calyx lobes persistent at the apex. Endocarp thick and hard, stone about 7-8 x 6-7 mm.

Cotyledons linear, about 12-14 x 1-1.5 mm. First pair of leaves ovate, about 7-11 x 4-5 mm, margins with about 1-4 teeth on each side of the leaf blade. At the tenth leaf stage: leaves elliptic, apex acute, base attenuate, margins serrate, teeth occurring on the upper 3/4 of the leaf blade.

Endemic to NEQ. Altitudinal range from 600-1600 m. Grows as an understory tree in well developed upland and mountain rain forest.

Symplocos cochinchinensis var. glaberrima Noot., Brunonia 4(2): 319 (1982). Type: Stocker 622 (L; isotype in QRS), Queensland, 17 deg 20 S, 145 deg 25 E., alt. 1000 m.Symplocos cochinchinensis subsp. thwaitesii var. glaberrima Noot., Brunonia 4(2): 319 (1982), Type: Stocker 622 (L; isotype in QRS), Queensland, 17 deg 20 S, 145 deg 25 E., alt. 1000 m.