Genus Symplocos Rank Species | ||
Symplocos nairii is a species of plant in the Symplocaceae family. It is endemic to India.Known to be a shrub or small tree, up to 8 m tall; young branchlets angular, glabrous. Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, 7-10 x 4.5-5 cm, elliptic to obovate, apex obtuse, base subcordate and asymmetric, margin serrate, glabrous; midrib canaliculate above; secondary_nerves ca. 8 pairs; tertiary_nerves obliquely and distantly percurrent; petiole ca. 0.3 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, glabrous. Flowers axillary, solitary or racemes, 1-2 cm long; flowers sessile. Drupe, cylindrical or ellipsoid, 1.1 cm long.
Description
Branchlets Young branchlets angular, glabrous.
Leaves Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; petiole ca. 0.3 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, glabrous; lamina 7-10 x 4.5-5 cm, elliptic to obovate, apex obtuse, base subcordate and asymmetric, margin serrate, glabrous; midrib canaliculate above; secondary nerves ca. 8 pairs; tertiary nerves obliquley distantly percurrent.
Flowers Inflorescence axillary solitary or racemes, 1-2 cm long; flowers sessile.
Fruit& seed Drupe, cylindrical or ellipsoid, 1.1 cm long.