Symplocos

Symplocos

Plate by Philipp Franz von Siebold and Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini

Species

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Symplocaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Ericales, including only one genus, Symplocos, with about 250 species native to Asia, Australia and the Americas.

Symplocos species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including The Engrailed.

[edit] Selected species

S. austromexicana - deciduous shrub up to 2m; narrow endemic, Oaxaca, Mexico
S. bauerlenii - shrub or small tree up to 7m; eastern Australia
S. candelabrum - tree up to 13m; Lord Howe Island
S. coreana - deciduous shrub up to 5m; Japan, Korea
S. glauca - evergreen tree up to 15m; Japan, Taiwan, China, Indochina
S. lancifolia - evergreen tree up to 5m; Japan
S. lucida - China, Japan, Taiwan, South Asia, Malesia
S. myrtacea - evergreen tree up to 10m; Japan
S. paniculata (sapphireberry) - deciduous shrub up to 8m; Japan, South Korea; popular as an ornamental plant
S. prunifolia - evergreen tree up to 10m; Japan, Korea
S. racemosa - China, South Asia
S. stawellii - shrub or small tree up to 20m; eastern Australia
S. tanakae - evergreen tree; Japan
S. theophrastaefolia - evergreen tree up to 15m; Japan, Taiwan, China
S. thwaitesii - shrub or small tree up to 17m; eastern Australia
S. tinctoria (Sweetleaf, Horse-sugar, Yellowwood) - deciduous or evergreen shrub or tree up to 6m; United States