Symplocaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Symplocos pyrifolia

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Symplocos pyrifolia is an evergreen shrub or a small tree that can grow up to 10 metres tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. , 2086 Title Revision of the Symplocaceae of the Old World; New Caledonia excepted. Publication Author Nooteboom H.P. Publisher Universitaire Pers Leiden, Netherlands Year 1975 ISBN 90-6021-248-7 Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine. Symplocos pyrifolia has a wide distribution and no known significant threats. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2020)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - eastern and central Nepal, northeast India, southwest China (Xizang)

HabitatWet temperate forests; at elevations from 1,000 - 2,500 metres[ 272 Title Plants and People of Nepal Publication Author Manandhar. N. P. Publisher Timber Press. Oregon. Year 2002 ISBN 0-88192-527-6 Description Excellent book, covering over 1,500 species of useful plants from Nepal together with information on the geography and peoples of Nepal. Good descriptions of the plants with terse notes on their uses. ]. Sub tropical evergreen broad-leaved forests; at elevations from 1,200 - 2,400 metres[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].