| Quercus blaoensis | |
| Author |
A. Camus 1936 Chênes, Atlas 2: 121 (1935). |
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| Range | Vietnam (Khanh Hoa Province, Hon Ba Nature Reserve; 200-1100 m; |
| Growth habit | 15 m high; |
| Leaves |
8-12 cm x 2.8-3.5; coriaceous; lanceolate; base attenuate; apex acuminate; hairless both sides when adult; adaxially smooth, green; beneath whitish, somewhat waxy; margin not undulate, serrate in apical 1/3, with short, hard teeth; midrib slightly raised adaxially, prominent beneath; 8-13 vein pairs, not evident above, prominent beneath, at an angle of 35° from the midrib; petiole 0.9-1.8 cm long, at first yellowish tomentose, then glabrescent; |
| Flowers | female catkins 1.5 cm long, tomentose, bearing2-3 flowers; 4 styles; stigmas very thick; |
| Fruits |
acorn 1.8 cm long, 1.7 cm wide, shortly ovoid, densely hairy, depressed at apex, mucronate; cupule enclosing 2/3 of the nut (to which it is very adherent), half-round, 1.8-2 cm in diameter, tomentose, with 8 rings of nearly entire scales ; basal scar slightly convex; |
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Bark, twigs and |
twig thick, densely yellowish tomentose, then glabrous, dark brown, with white lenticels; bud shortly ovoid, with rounded scales; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | evergreen broadleaves forests; |
| Miscellaneous |
-- Camus n° 27; -- For a long time this taxon is considered as a synonym of Q. langbianense; today, after the study of Binh & al. 2018, it is included in the "Q. langbianensis Complex";
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