Japanese name: クロキ（黒木） Scientific name:Symplocos kuroki
[Overview]
An evergreen small tree found in laurel forests.
Young branches are ridged and yellowish green.
Leaves are simple and alternate, elliptic, 4–7 cm long and 2–3.5 cm wide.
The leaves are glossy, thick and leathery, and hairless on both sides.
The upper part of the leaf margin has sparse, low, wavy serrations.
The leaf stalk is 0.5–1.5 cm long.
Short spike-like inflorescences emerge from the leaf axils and bear flowers densely.
The corolla is white, 0.4–0.5 cm long, and deeply divided into 5 lobes, with 25–40 long stamens.
The fruit is oblong, 0.9–1.3 cm long, ripening to purplish black.
