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Symplocos nairii

Symplocos nairii is a shrub or small tree endemic to southern India (Tamil Nadu), growing up to about 8 m tall. Little is documented about its cultivation, so care guidance is mostly general and based on related Symplocos species.

Family
Symplocaceae (Symploc family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during growth, and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich loam or forest-type soil.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
India (Tamil Nadu)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Symplocos nairii is a species of plant in the family Symplocaceae. 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.

Other Symplocos plants

Symplocos adenophylla · Symplocos anamallayana · Symplocos anomala · Symplocos badia · Symplocos baehnii · Symplocos barberi · Symplocos blancae · Symplocos borneensis · Symplocos bractealis · Symplocos breedlovei · Symplocos buxifolia · Symplocos buxifolioides

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Symplocos nairii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

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.

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