| Quercus fabri | |
| Author | Hance 1869 |
| Synonyms | |
| Local names | bai li ; |
| Range | Korea;
East and Southeast China; Hainan; 100-1900 m; |
| Growth habit | usually a small tree, but may
reach 20-25 m high with a trunk to 1 m in diametre; |
| Leaves | 6-15
x 2.5-10 cm; deciduous; leathery; oboval with upper face slightly convex; apex
rounded with a small pointed tip; base cuneate or narrowly rounded; margin wavy,
crenate-dentate with nearly 10 pairs of obtuse teeth; dark green, dull, glabrous
above; light grey brown tomentose beneath; 8-12 vein pairs; tertiary veins evident
underneath; petiole 3-5 mm, yellow brown pubescent; conspicuous red leaves at
fall; |
| Flowers | April;
female inflorescence 1-4 cm, bearing 2-4 seeds; |
| Fruits | acorn
1.8-2.2 cm long, 0.5-1 cm wide; glabrous; oblong, mucronate; enclosed 1/3 by cup;
cup sessile, 1 cm in diameter, bearing broad, pubescent scales; maturing
in 1 year; |
|
Bark, twigs and | greyish
brown bark; twigs densely grey tomentose; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | hardy zone 7 (withstands
-15°C); in mixed forests; |
| Miscellaneous | -- A. Camus : n°
147; -- Section Quercus; -- often written erroneously "fabrei"; |
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