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Quercus lineata | |
Author | Blume 1826 Bijdr. 523 |
Synonyms | Cyclobanalopsis
lineata (Bl.)Oerst 1876 hendersoniana A.Camus 1932 lineata var. heterochroa MiQ.1856 lineata var. oxyrhyncha (MiQ.) Seem. 1906 oxyrhyncha Miq.1861 polyneura Miq.1851 |
Local names | |
Range | Java, Sumatra, West Borneo, Malaysia; 1500-2000 m; |
Growth habit | may reach 30 m tall; trunk up to 0,6 m in diameter; |
Leaves | 7-20 x 2-6 cm; coriaceous but thin; lanceolate to elliptic; apex acuminate with 0.5-1.5 cm long cuspid; base acute attenuate, sometimes asymmetrical; margin entire, flat, remotely serrulate at apical half; nearly hairless above; densely greyish brown pubescent beneath, with simple hairs; 14-20 pairs of secondary veins straight, parallel, closely spaced, prominent below, forming an angle of 45-60° with the midrib; petiole 1-2 cm long, slightly tomentose, flat or remotely grooved above; |
Flowers | April to May; male catkins 5-10 cm long, glabrescent; male flowers solitary or in clusters of 3, perianth tomentose 5-6-lobed , 6-8 glabrous stamens, pistillode replaced by a tuft of stiff hairs; female inflorescence hairy, 1.5-2 cm long, with 5-6 flowers; pistillate flowers with hairy perianth 5-6-lobed, ovary conical, 3 styles 1-3 mm long; |
Fruits | acorn ovoid, subglobose to cylindrical, 2-3 cm long, 1-3 cm wide, tomentose, base rounded, apex attenuate to rounded; sessile; enclosed 1/3 by cup; cup tomentose, tawny, slightly higher than wide, with 5-10 concentric, denticulate rings of scales; August to December ; |
Bark, twigs and |
smooth, grey bark; young shoot golden brown pubescent, glabrescent, with lenticels; terminal buds ovoid to subglobose, 2-2.5 cm in diameter; stipules linear, acute, deciduous, pubescent, 10-15 mm long; |
Hardiness zone, habitat | not hardy; |
Miscellaneous | -- A. Camus : n° 13; -- Sub-genus Cerris, Section Cyclobalanopsis; -- Section Glauca, sub-section Lineatae (Menitsky) |
Subspecies and varieties |
For A. Camus, Q.hendersoniana
is a closely related species, near Malacca; |
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