Description from
Flora of China
Dicalix yunnanensis (Brand) Migo; Symplocos glandulosopunctata Y. F. Wu; S. persistens Huang & Y. F. Wu; S. yunnanensis Brand.
Trees. Branchlets and petioles densely long brown villous to tomentose. Petiole 4--13 mm; leaf blade narrowly elliptic to narrowly ovate, 9--18 X 3--6 cm, thinly leathery, abaxially patently pubescent to minutely appressed pilose, base cuneate, margin glandular dentate, apex long acuminate, lateral veins 6--17 pairs. Racemes 1.5--3 cm, forming a cone in bud; bracts early deciduous, obovate, 3--5 mm, appressed pubescent; bractlets early deciduous, ovate, 1.5--4 mm, appressed pubescent. Ovary 1--1.5 mm, appressed sericeous to pubescent. Calyx with same indument as ovary; lobes oblong, 1--2.5 mm. Corolla ca. 4 mm. Stamens ca. 30. Disc 5-glandular, densely hairy to minutely hairy. Drupes cylindrical to ellipsoid, 7--10 X ca. 4 mm, apex with persistent erect calyx lobes. Fl. May-Nov, fr. Mar-Oct.
* Slopes in mixed forests; 1200--2300 m. Xizang (Mêdog Xian), S Yunnan.