| Quercus monimotricha | |
| Author | Hand.-Mazz. 1929 Symb. Sin. 7: 41 |
| Synonyms | spinosa David ex Franch. var. monimotricha
Hand.-Mazz. 1925 semecarpifolia Smith var. rufescens (Franch.) Schottky 1912 semecarpifolia Konitz, not Smith |
| Local names | ai gao shan li ; |
| Range | SO China; Myanmar; 2000-4400 m; |
| Growth habit | 0.2-0.6 m (may reach 2 m tall); |
| Leaves | 1.2-3.5 x 1.23 cm ; evergreen; leathery; elliptic to obovate; apex obtuse to mucronate; base rounded or subcordate; margin sinuate, revolute, sometimes entire, but more often toothed; densely hairy at first; adaxially with fascicled and multiradiate hairs, becoming glabrescent; with solitary, fascicled and glandular simple hairs below; 4-7 vein pairs; petiole hairy, 3 mm long; |
| Flowers | June-July; |
| Fruits | acorn 1 cm long, 0.8 cm in diameter; ovoid; singly or paired; cup sessile or short-stalked, flat, shallow, with lanceolate, grey brown tomentose, 1 mm long scales; maturing in 2 years; |
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Bark, twigs and |
twigs twisted, brown pubescent, whorled; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | hardy; |
| Miscellaneous | -- A.Camus : n° 91; -- Sub-genus Cerris, Section Ilex; -- Related to Q.spinosa ; -- See the Key for Asian similar Quercus; |
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