| Scientific Name: | Sycopsis sinensis |
| Common Name: | Chinese fighazel |
| Family Name: | Hamamelidaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen, Semi-evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 5 - 7m x 3 - 4m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Group or mass planting, Winter interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Elliptic, Lanceolate, Ovate, Entire, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, White, Yellow, Red, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, May-Jun |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Small tree that's evergreen in warmer areas; leaves alternate, simple, leathery, dark green, most 2.5-4cm wide x 5-10cm long on short petioles; flowers clusters up to 2-3cm long, each cluster has 7 or 8 florets, each floret with 6-10 stamens with 2mm long red anthers on 1cm long filaments in late winter or early spring; fruit a woolly, egg-shaped capsule about 8mm long. | |