Bobua austrosinensis Migo; Dicalix austrosinensis (Migo) Migo; D. botryanthus (Franchet) Migo; D. decorus (Hance) Migo; D. urceolaris (Hance) Migo; D. swinhoeanus (Hance) Migo; Symplocos botryantha Franchet; S. botryantha var. stenophylla Brand; S. caerulea H. Léveillé; S. caudata Wallich ex G. Don; S. caudata var. macrantha Handel-Mazzetti; S. caudata var. macrocalyx Handel-Mazzetti; S. cavaleriei H. Léveillé; S. decora Hance; S. dolichostylosa Y. F. Wu; S. fuboensis M. Y. Fang; S. leucophylla Brand; S. macrostroma Hayata; S. ovatibracteata Y. F. Wu; S. prunifolia Siebold & Zuccarini; S. punctata Brand; S. rachitricha Y. F. Wu; S. sasakii Hayata; S. somai Hayata; S. sozanensis Hayata; S. subconnata Handel-Mazzetti; S. swinhoeana Hance; S. urceolaris Hance.

Trees. Young branchlets brown, usually glabrous. Petiole 2--10(--15) mm; leaf blade elliptic, narrowly ovate, or ovate, 2--10 X 0.7--4.5 cm, thinly leathery, both surfaces glabrous, sometimes abaxially hairy, base cuneate to rounded, margin slightly serrate, sinuolate-dentate, or rarely subentire, apex caudate, lateral veins 4--8(--10) pairs. Racemes 1--6(--9) cm, subglabrous, pilose, or pubescent; bracts and bractlets very soon deciduous, linear, broadly ovate, or obovate, 2--5 mm and 0.3--1.5 mm respectively, densely pubescent. Pedicel 0.1--1.3 cm. Ovary 1--2 mm, glabrous or sparsely short appressed hairy. Calyx lobes triangular-ovate, 0.3--1.5 mm, glabrous or sparsely appressed hairy, margin ciliate. Corolla white or yellow, may be lilac when young, 4--8 mm. Stamens 23--40. Disc glabrous, annular. Drupes ampulliform to ovoid, 6--10(--15) X 3--6 mm, apex with persistent erect calyx lobes. Fl. Feb-Nov, fr. Apr-Nov.

Mixed forests; 100--1800 m. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Bhutan, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam].