| Quercus baloot | |
| Author | Griffith 1848 Itin. Pl. Khasyah Mts. 328 1848. |
| Synonyms | balout Boiss. ilicifolius Griff. 1848 ilex sensu Hook. 1888 not L. |
| Local names | Holly oak ; Holm oak ; |
| Range | Afghanistan
; Himalaya ; North Pakistan ; Kashmir ; from 1000 to 3000 m ; |
| Growth habit | small tree to
15 m maximum, with dense crown and low branched trunk; |
| Leaves | 2.5-4.5 x 2-4
cm; oval-subelliptic to subelliptic; leathery, stiff; base rounded, sometimes
heart-shaped; apex rounded or abruptly pointed; margin entire or with
sometimes 3-7 long sharp teeth; young leaves densely whitish hairy both
sides; mature leaves grey green, glabrous above; glaucous beneath with
thin, dense, stellate pubescence; 5-8 pairs of lateral veins, more evident
on toothed leaves than on entire ones, at an angle of 45-50° with
midrib; petiole 2-5 mm, thick, hairy at first, then glabrescent or glabrous;
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| Flowers | male flowers
4-5 cm, with 7-9 stamens; female on erect, tomentose spikes 5 cm long;
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| Fruits | acorn elliptic,
glabrous, 1.5-2.8 cm; solitary or to 3 on a 4-5 cm long axis; enclosed
1/4 to 1/2 by the cup; cup conical, with appressed scales and peduncle
to 3.5 cm; maturing second year; |
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Bark, twigs and |
bark
grey, slightly furrowed into square plates; branchlets and buds hairy
when young; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | hardy
zone 6; all types of soils; |
| Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : tome 1, p. 403, n° 96 ; -- Sub-genus Cerris, Section Ilex; -- Closely related to Q. ilex; -- Hybridizes with Q. floribunda , the latter species showing tomentose and smaller leaves; -- For some Authors, it is the Asian form of Q. ilex. |
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