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  Quercus longistyla
Author Barnett 1938 Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1938: 100
Synonyms semiserrata Craib 1911, not Roxb.
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Range North Thailand; 600 to 1300 m;
Growth habit more than 20 m tall; trunk to 0.5 m in diameter;
Leaves 8-16 cm x 2-5; oblong or lanceolate; leathery; apex pointed, base cuneate or remotely rounded; entire (rarely crenate near apical 1/3); young leaves villous; adult glabrous on both sides or pubescent along midrib beneath; 9-13 veins pairs; petiole 1-2 cm long;
Flowers 4 - 6 styles to 3 mm long;
Fruits acorn 3 cm high, 2 cm wide; very deep cupule with rim undulate, 6-8 densely yelllowish pubescent;

Bark, twigs and
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bark greyish brown fissured into square plates; twigs yellowish brown pubescent;
Hardiness zone, habitat not hardy; tropical forests;
Miscellaneous -- Sub-genus Cerris, Section Cyclobalanopsis;
-- Section Semiserrata, sub-section Semiserratae (Menitsky).
-- For The Plant List 2013 it is a synonym of Q. quangtriensis

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