Symplocos cochinchinensisS.Moore

WFO wfo-0001141713 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 7 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 7 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Symplocos cochinchinensis, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. a 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / 2022-02-19 / obs. 180569495
Symplocos cochinchinensis, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. b Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 110504533
Symplocos cochinchinensis, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. c 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 32407416
Symplocos cochinchinensis, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. d 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 31439797
Symplocos cochinchinensis, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. e Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 110504540
Symplocos cochinchinensis, photographed by Toby Y
fig. f Toby Y, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 152144408
Symplocos cochinchinensis, photographed by Yj
fig. g Yj, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 166353063
Symplocos cochinchinensis, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. h 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 166111911

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Native range 30 botanical countries

Regions where Symplocos cochinchinensis is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Tibet, Assam, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, Queensland, Fiji, Santa Cruz Is., Vanuatu China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanJapanTaiwanTibetAssamBismarck ArchipelagoBorneoCambodiaEast HimalayaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNepalNew GuineaPhilippinesSolomon Is.SulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamQueenslandFiji Nansei-shotoVanuatu
Native distribution of Symplocos cochinchinensis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bismarck Archipelago BIS
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Solomon Is. SOL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Japan JAP
Nansei-shoto NNS
Taiwan TAI
Tibet CHT
Fiji FIJ PACIFIC
Santa Cruz Is. SCZ
Vanuatu VAN
Queensland QLD AUSTRALASIA

Not drawn on the map: Santa Cruz Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 83 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Bobua kotoensis Yamam.
  • Bobua lithocarpoides Nakai
  • Dicalix cochinchinensis Lour.
  • Dicalix javanicus Blume
  • Dicalix kotoensis (Hayata) H.Hara
  • Dicalix salaccensis Blume
  • Dicalix sessilifolius Blume
  • Dicalix sylvaticus G.Don
  • Eugenioides salaccense Kuntze
  • Eugenioides sessifolium Kuntze
  • Lodhra javanica Miers
  • Lodhra polystachya Miers
  • Lodhra verhuelli (Jungh. & de Vriese) Miers
  • Symplocos aggregata C.T.White & W.D.Francis ex Lane-Poole
  • Symplocos ahernii Brand
  • Symplocos aneityensis Brand
  • Symplocos angiensis Kaneh. & Hatus.
  • Symplocos angustifolia Guillaumin
  • Symplocos arfakensis Gibbs
  • Symplocos cochinchinensis subsp. cochinchinensis
  • Symplocos cochinchinensis subsp. sessifolia (Blume) Noot. ex Steen.
  • Symplocos cochinchinensis var. javanica (Blume) S.S.Ying
  • Symplocos cochinchinensis var. leptophylla (Brand) Noot.
  • Symplocos cochinchinensis var. maculata (Brand) Noot.

and 59 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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