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Quercus griffithii | |
Author | Hook.f. & Thomson ex Miq.1864 Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 104 |
Synonyms | aliena Skan
not Bl. aliena var. griffithii (Hook. & Thom.) Schottky 1912 |
Local names | |
Range | India, (NE and
Sikkim); China (Guizhou, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan); Laos; Vietnam; Myanmar;
North Thailand; Sri Lanka; 700 m to 3200 m; |
Growth habit | usually 4-8
m, but reaches 15-20 m; |
Leaves | 10-20 x 4-10 cm; leathery; obovate to elliptic; apex pointed or shortly acuminate; base narrowly rounded or sub-cordate, or cuneate ; coarsely toothed (8-15 pairs of teeth); glabrous, shiny dark green above; light green, remotely shortly stellate tomentose beneath; 12-19 evident, parallel vein pairs; petiole pubescent 5-10 mm long, thick; |
Flowers | male yellowish, on drooping catkins 5-12 cm long, with 8-12 stamens; female crowded at end of twigs; |
Fruits | acorn 1.2-1.4
cm long, 0.8-1.2 cm wide; nearly stalkless; mucronate, glabrous, in groups
from 1 to 1; narrow, convex basal scar; enclosed 1/3 or 1/2 by cup; cup
scaly, half-round, 1.4 cm in diameter, scales pubescent, brownish grey,
slightly appressed; maturing in 1 year; |
Bark, twigs and |
bark
ash grey, smooth though warty, furrowed; young twigs with rusty pubescence,
becoming glabrous; |
Hardiness zone, habitat |
said to be hardy zone 6, but usually suffers in winter; all types of soils;
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Miscellaneous | --
A.Camus : n° 143; -- Sub-genus Quercus, Section Quercus, Series Roburoid; -- Closely related to Q.aliena var. acutiserrata; (synonym for some Authors...) |
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