Symplocos coreana, a
deciduous shrub, small- tree or tree with gray-white barks, grows in
deciduous forests or edges in mountainous regions. Leaves are
alternate; blades are 4-9cm long, 3-5cm wide, in the shape of an
obovate, with tips abruptly becoming narrow to points in a tail-way,
bases broadly cuneate, margins with sharp and coarse serrations, and
with white hairs on the backside veins. Flowers, about 6-7mm across,
set themselves in panicles that emerged on the tips of lateral
branches. Drupes, 6-7mm long, oval, mature indigo-black in
September-October. Bloom time: June. |