• Scientific Name: Pterostyrax corymbosus Siebold & Zucc.
• Ref: Fl. Jap. 1:94. 1839
• Synonym: Halesia corymbosa (Siebold & Zucc.) G.Nicholson
• English Common Name: little epaulette tree
• Chinese Common Name: 小叶白辛树 xiǎoyè báixīn∙shù
• Japanese Common Name: アサガラ [麻殻] asagara
• Family: Styracaceae
• Genus: Pterostyrax
• Distribution: Damp shaded areas along streams in forests; 400–1600 m. N Fujian, N Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, NW Zhejiang [Japan].
• Photo: 04/14/2013

Trees to 15 m tall. Trunk to 45 cm d.b.h. Branchlets densely stellate pubescent, soon glabrescent. Petiole 1--2 cm; leaf blade obovate, broadly obovate, or elliptic, 6--14 X 3.5--8 cm, papery, stellate pubescent when young, abaxially usually very densely pubescent, adaxially glabrescent, base cuneate, margin serrulate to sparsely glandular dentate, apex acute to abruptly acuminate, secondary veins 7--9 pairs, tertiary veins reticulate. Panicles corymbose, 3--8 cm. Pedicel 1--2 mm. Flowers ca. 1 cm. Calyx ca. 3 mm; teeth lanceolate, ca. 2 mm. Corolla lobes oblong, ca. 10 X 3.5 mm, apex acute. Stamens longer than corolla; filaments white stellate pubescent. Fruit obovoid, 1.2--2.2 cm, 5-winged, densely stellate tomentose, apex with a 2--4 mm conical rostrum. Fl. Mar-Apr, fr. May-Sep. (Flora of China)