During the process of fruit development of Symplocos paniculata, fruit' s longitudinal diameter, transverse diameter, fresh weight, dry weight , moisture content , oil content were measured regularly, and relationship between the fruit morphological development and oil accumulation process was analyzed . The result showed that the morphological development progress of fruit can generally be divided into three periods : fast growing of fruit size, slow growing of fruit size and the period of color change of pericarp. The moisture content of fr...