Symplocaceae
Common sweetleaf
Symplocos tinctoria
- Family
- Symplocaceae
- Genus
- Symplocos
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Common sweetleaf
Synonyms
- Eugenioides tinctorium Kuntze
- Hopea tinctoria Garden ex L.
- Protohopea tinctoria Miers
- Symplocos tinctoria var. ashei Harb.
- Symplocos tinctoria var. pygmaea Fernald
- Symplocos tinctoria var. tinctoria
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: James H. Miller & Ted Bodner, Southern Weed Science Society, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James H. Miller & Ted Bodner, Southern Weed Science Society, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jeremy Borghardt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Richard Carter, Valdosta State University, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Richard Carter, Valdosta State University, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.