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Symplocos cochinchinensis
Also called Large Flower Hazelwood, White Hazelwood
Buff Hazelwood is a shrub or small tree native to tropical and subtropical Asia and parts of the Pacific, grown mainly for its ornamental form and local uses. It needs warm, humid, frost-free conditions and well-drained soil to do well.
Symplocos cochinchinensis is a species of flowering plant in the sapphire-berry family, Symplocaceae. It is found in tropical and subtropical Asia. The widespread Symplocos cochinchinensis subsp./var. laurina is now considered a synonym of Symplocos acuminata.
It is native to Assam, the Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, South-Central and Southeast China, East Himalaya, Fiji, Hainan, Japan, Java, Laos, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaysia, the Maluku Islands, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, the Philippines, Queensland (Australia), the Ryukyu Islands, the Santa Cruz Islands, the Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
