Symplocaceae
Symplocos Family
The Symplocaceae family (Symplocos Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Ericales. In the SASYA catalogue it spans 9 species. Members range from trees to shrubs. Familiar examples include Buff Hazelwood, Chunga and Large-Leaf Sapphire Berry.
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Alternate, often finely toothed leaves on trees and shrubs; small, fragrant flowers with a short fused corolla and numerous stamens joined at the base into bundles, ripening into a small drupe.
Bark and leaves of several species accumulate aluminium at unusually high concentrations, historically exploited as a natural mordant dye-fixative — the source of one common name, sweetleaf.
Which Symplocaceae species is this?
Answer what you can see and narrow it down to a single Symplocaceae species.
To check whether a plant belongs to Symplocaceae, compare the leaf arrangement, leaf type, flower symmetry, fruit type, and one distinctive marker together. A single feature can mislead; the family pattern is the combination.
Learn the full family-identification methodTypical leaf characters
- ArrangementAlternate
- TypeVariable
- MarginVariable
- VenationVariable
Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.
Typical flower & fruit
- Flower symmetryVariable
- InflorescencePanicle
- FruitDrupe
Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.
Notable members
Families that can look similar
Myrsinaceae
Compare against Myrsinaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare MyrsinaceaeStyracaceae
Compare against Styracaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare StyracaceaeBalsaminaceae
Compare against Balsaminaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare BalsaminaceaeSapotaceae
Compare against Sapotaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare SapotaceaeAll 9 species in SYMPLOCACEAE
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