Symplocos candelabrum Brand APNI* Synonyms: Symplocos cochinchinensis subsp. thwaitesii var. candelabrum (Brand) Noot. APNI*
Description: Tree to c. 13 m tall.
Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, 5–18 cm long, 2–7 cm wide, acute to acuminate, coriaceous, glabrous, turning yellow-green on drying; basal margin inrolled, entire or obscurely serrate in upper part.
Inflorescence axillary, racemose or spicate, 2–6 cm long, c. 12-flowered; pedicels 0–5 mm long. Calyx obconical; lobes 4 or 5, ciliolate. Corolla 6–7 mm long; tube c. 0.5 mm long; lobes white with yellow tips. Stamens numerous, c. 6 mm long. Ovary c. 1.5 mm long; style simple, c. 6 mm long.
Fruit cylindrical-obpyriform, 10–14 mm long, c. 3-seeded, flat at apex, crowned with calyx scars, bluish when ripe.
Flowering: Flowers May and June.
Distribution and occurrence: Endemic on Lord Howe Island, at intermediate elevations in the montane forest of the southern part of the Island.
NSW subdivisions: LHI
Text by K.D. Hill
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