| Quercus lobbii | |
| Author | (Wenz.) A.Camus 1931 Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 3: 337 |
| Synonyms | Quercus
lobbii Ettingsh. 1883 Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss.
Cl., Abt. 1 87: 402 Quercus lineata var. lobbii (Ettingsh.) Wenzig 1886 Cyclobalanopsis lobbii (Wenzig) Y.C.Hsu & H.Wei Jen 1979 Cyclobalanopsis lineata (Blume) Oerst. var. lobbii (Wenzig) Schottky1912 |
| Local names | dian xi qing gang; |
| Range | NE India (Khasia Mounts, at 1500 m); W Yunnan, 2800-3300 m; |
| Growth habit | reaches 15 m tall; |
| Leaves | 7-13 x 3-5 cm; oblong-elliptic to rarely oboval; subleathery; apex acuminate; base narrowly rounded or cuneate; shiny green, glabrous above; whitish yellow, densely stellate hairy beneath; margin serrate apically 3/4; 13-16 vein pairs, prominent below, flat or slightly raised above; petiole 1.5-2 cm long, glabrous; |
| Flowers | 3-4 styles short, connate at their base; |
| Fruits | acorn subglobose or broadly ovoid, 1.5 cm long, 1.2 cm in diameter, slightly flattened at apex; glabrous; basal scar broad, raised; enclosed 1/3 to 1/2 by cup; cup 8 mm long, 1.5 cm wide, whitish tomentose outside, 6-8 concentric rings with dentate rim; maturing in 2 years, |
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Bark, twigs and |
branchlets glabrous, with round, grey brown lenticels; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | not hardy; in Oaks-Pines forests; |
| Miscellaneous | -- A. Camus : n° 37; -- Sub-genus Cerris, Section Cyclobalanopsis; -- Section Gilva (Menitsky); -- Threatened (IUCN Red List Category : EN). |
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