形态描述

乔木，高可达20m。树皮不规则的块状纵裂；枝暗色，具显著皮孔，无毛。叶革质，椭圆形，长7~13cm，宽3~6cm，先端急尖至渐尖，基部楔形，边缘具浅钝齿；上面绿色，下面浅绿色，两面无毛；叶柄长1~2cm。花通常数朵排成总状花序集生于枝顶叶腋，花梗长1~2.5cm；白色，直径约3cm；苞片2，长4~8mm，早落；萼片半圆形，长2~4mm，外面无毛，里面及边缘被毛；花瓣倒卵形，长1~1.6cm，基部背面被毛；雄蕊5~7mm，子房密被绒毛。蒴果近扁球形，直径1~2cm。花期6~7月，果期次年10~11月。

分布地区

杭州各区常见栽培和野生，生于山谷、山坡林地或灌丛。分布于安徽、福建、广东、广西、贵州、海南、湖北、湖南、江西、台湾、浙江；日本（琉球群岛）。

主要用途

可作园林绿化树种和山林防火树种；树叶、根皮可入药。

中国植物志英文版

Schima confertiflora Merrill; S. kankaoensis Hayata; S. liukiuensis Nakai; S. xinyiensis Hung T. Chang & Z. Y. Su. Trees 5-20 m tall. Young branches glabrous or puberulent. Petiole 1-2 cm, sparsely pubescent or glabrous; leaf blade elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 7-13 × 2.5-4(-6) cm, thinly leathery to leathery, abaxially pale green, sparsely pubescent or glabrous, and becoming yellowish green when dry, adaxially green, shiny, and glabrous, secondary veins 7-9 on each side of midvein and visible or obscure on both surfaces, base cuneate, margin undulately obtusely crenate from basal 1/2 apically, apex acuminate. Flowers 4-8 in a raceme, 2-3 cm in diam. Pedicel 1-2.5 cm, slender, glabrous or sparsely pubescent; bracteoles 2, caducous. Sepals semiorbicular, 2-3 mm, outside glabrous, inside sericeous, margin ciliolate. Petals white, obovate, 1-1.5 cm, outside basally puberulent. Stamens 5-7 mm. Ovary tomentose; style ca. 5 mm. Capsule subglobose, 1-2 cm in diam. Fl. Jun-Aug, fr. Oct-Dec. 2n = 36. Forests; 100-800(-1600) m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang [Japan (Ryukyu Islands)].----from “Flora of China”