• Scientific Name: Symplocos sumuntia Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
• Ref: Prodr. Fl. Nepal.:145. 1825
• Synonyms:
  • Bobua prunifolia (Siebold & Zucc.) Miers
  • B. sasakii (Hayata) Kaneh. & Sasaki
  • B. somae (Hayata) Kaneh. & Sasaki
  • B. sozanensis (Hayata) Kaneh. & Sasaki
  • B. swinhoeana (Hance) Migo
  • B. uiae (Makino) Nakai
  • Dicalix botryanthus (Franch.) H.Migo
  • D. decorus (Hance) H.Migo
  • D. prunifolia (Siebold & Zucc.) H.Hara
  • D. swinhoeanus (Hance) H.Migo
  • D. urceolaris (Hance) H.Migo
  • Lodhra floribunda Miers
  • L. sumuntia (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Miers
  • Palura macrostroma (Hayata) Kaneh. & Sasaki
  • Symplocos botryantha Franch.
  • S. caerulea H.Lév.
  • S. cavaleriei H.Lév.
  • S. decora Hance
  • S. dolichostylosa Y.F.Wu
  • S. fuboensis M.Y.Fang
  • S. leucophylla Brand
  • S. macrostroma Hayata
  • S. martini H.Lév.
  • S. ovatibracteata Y.F.Wu
  • S. prunifolia Siebold & Zucc.
  • S. prunifolia var. tawadae Nagam.
  • S. punctata Brand
  • S. rachitricha Y.F.Wu
  • S. sasakii Hayata
  • S. somae Hayata
  • S. sozanensis Hayata
  • S. splendens H.Lév.
  • S. subconnata Hand.-Mazz.
  • S. swinhoeana Hance
  • S. tonkinensis Brand
  • S. urceolaris Hance
  • S. yaeyamensis Masam.
• Chinese Common Name: 山矾 shānfán
• Japanese Common Name: クロバイ [黒灰] kurobai
• Family: Symplocaceae
• Genus: Symplocos
• Distribution: Mixed forests; 100–1800 m. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Bhutan, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam].

Trees. Young branchlets brown, usually glabrous. Petiole 2--10(--15) mm; leaf blade elliptic, narrowly ovate, or ovate, 2--10 X 0.7--4.5 cm, thinly leathery, both surfaces glabrous, sometimes abaxially hairy, base cuneate to rounded, margin slightly serrate, sinuolate-dentate, or rarely subentire, apex caudate, lateral veins 4--8(--10) pairs. Racemes 1--6(--9) cm, subglabrous, pilose, or pubescent; bracts and bractlets very soon deciduous, linear, broadly ovate, or obovate, 2--5 mm and 0.3--1.5 mm respectively, densely pubescent. Pedicel 0.1--1.3 cm. Ovary 1--2 mm, glabrous or sparsely short appressed hairy. Calyx lobes triangular-ovate, 0.3--1.5 mm, glabrous or sparsely appressed hairy, margin ciliate. Corolla white or yellow, may be lilac when young, 4--8 mm. Stamens 23--40. Disc glabrous, annular. Drupes ampulliform to ovoid, 6--10(--15) X 3--6 mm, apex with persistent erect calyx lobes. Fl. Feb-Nov, fr. Apr-Nov. (Flora of China)