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Quercus kingiana | |
Author | Craib 1911 Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 472 |
Synonyms | |
Local names | lan cang li ; |
Range | Yunnan; North
Thailand; Myanmar; 750-1600 m; |
Growth habit | 9-12 m tall;
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Leaves | 10-17 x 3-7
cm; evergreen; leathery; oblong or oval-oblong; asymmetrical; apex pointed,
base rounded; margin entire near base, coarsely dentate from middle to
apex; glabrous above, slightly tomentose with stellate hairs beneath;
8-12 vein pairs slightly raised beneath; tertiary veins evident underneath;
petiole 1-1.5 cm, densely yellowish brown tomentose; |
Flowers | pistillate inflorescences 1.5 cm long; |
Fruits | acorn elliptic, mucronate, 2 cm long, 1.6 cm in diameter; cup subsessile enclosing almost all of nut, campanulate, thick, scaly, 1.7-2 cm in diameter; ripe in 2 years , |
Bark, twigs and |
twig
densely hairy at first, becoming glabrous, lenticellate; stipules linear
or oblanceolate, silky, 1 cm long; |
Hardiness zone, habitat | not
hardy; mixed forests; |
Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : n° 138; -- Sub-genus Cerris, Section Ilex; -- Threatened (IUCN Red List Category : EN). -- Related to Q.lanata; |
Subspecies and varieties |
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Pictures | drawing |