잎은 어긋나고 장타원형으로서 딱딱하며 윤이 나고 엽병이 있다. 가장자리는 밋밋하지만 때로 물결 모양의 톱니가 있다.
꽃은 3∼4월에 흰색으로 피고 묵은 가지의 잎겨드랑이에 2∼3개씩 모여 달리며 꽃대가 없다. 씨방은 3실이다.
Description
Evergreen trees, up to 15 m tall. Twigs ashy brown, terete; young twigs yellowish green, glabrous, ridged below petioles; terminal buds 7–13 mm long, narrowly ovoid to subulate, acute to acuminate, often curved at apex, glabrous. Leaves alternate, petioles 0.4–1.0 cm long, glabrous, adaxially sulcate; blades coriaceous, elliptic, 5.0–7.1 × 1.6–3.1 cm, base cuneate to shortly attenuate, apex rounded, obtuse to acuminate, margin recurved, entire or glandular-crenate with teeth 4–10 mm apart; both surfaces glabrous, midrib prominent, nerves 5–8 pairs, slightly prominent. Inflorescence axillary, contracted raceme or spike, 2–5 mm long, axis puberulous; bracts and bracteoles persistent, inside glabrous, outside sparsely appressed pubescent, margin ciliolate; bracts ovate to semiorbicular, 1–2 mm long, apex rounded or obtuse; bracteoles depressed ovate, 1–2 mm long, apex rounded, obtuse or acute. Flowers bisexual, calyx lobes widely ovate to ovate, 1–2 mm long, apex rounded or obtuse, glabrous, ciliolate; corolla white or yellowish-white, 4–8 mm long, 5-lobed, lobes elliptic; stamens 20–30, pentadelphous; disk raised, densely soft pilose; style 3.5–4.5 mm long, glabrous; ovary 3 locular. Fruits bluish black, ellipsoidal, 5.3–10.5 mm long, 4.7–7.7 mm in diameter, excluding blunt beak formed by the persistent calyx lobes
Distribution
Japan, Korea (Geoje-si)
Reference
Hyun, J.-O., J. Jung, H. R. Na, B. Han, K. Kang, M. K. Lee, Y. Choi and W. Cho. 2023. New records and distribution of three taxa in Korea: Leuzea chinensis (Asteraceae), Symplocos nakaharae (Symplocaceae), and Epilobium parviflorum (Onagraceae). Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy 53(1): 69-77.
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