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Quercus
bumelioides |
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Synonyms |
copeyensis C.H.Muller 1942 |
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Local
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Range |
Honduras ; Costa Rica
; Panama ; Guatemala ; Nicaragua ; 1200 - 2800 m ; |
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Growth
habit |
6-40 m tall; trunk
reaches1.5 m in diameter; |
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Leaves
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9-17 x 3.5-5.5 cm;
narrowly elliptic or oboval; leathery; apex obtuse, base often cordate
and asymmetrical; margins entire, often wavy, sometimes toothed near
apex; dark green; glabrous on both surfaces, except tufts of hairs in
the axils of veins underneath; 10-16 vein pairs, impressed adaxially,
sunken beneath; petiole hairy 5-12 mm long; |
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Flowers
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in February and September;
male inflorescences yellowish, 4-16 cm; female 4-6 cm, bearing 2-6 flowers;
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Fruit
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acorn 1.5-2 cm, obtuse,
coffee-coloured, most often solitary or 2-3 together, set on a 1.5-3
cm stalk; enclosed 1/4 to 1/3 in the cup; cup hemispherical, with narrow,
ciliate, apically free scales; maturing in 1 year in June-July and in
October. |
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Bark,
twigs and buds |
bark exfoliating into
grey, vertical plates 3-4 cm thick and 12-15 cm wide; twigs tomentose
but glabrescent, strongly striated, becoming whitish with age; lenticels
prominent; buds ovoid, 4-6 cm long, 2-3 cm wide; |
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Hardiness zone, habitat |
not hardy; slow-growing;
prefers acidic, loamy soils. |
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Miscellaneous
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Sub-Genus Quercus, section Quercus; |
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Subspecies
and varieties
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Pictures |
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