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  Quercus obovatifolia
Author C.C.Huang 1978
Synonyms Cyclobalanopsis obovatifolia (C.C.Huang) Q.F.Zheng 1979
Cyclobalanopsis meihuashanensis Q.F. Zheng 1979
meihuashanensis (Q.F.Zheng) C.C. Huang 1992
Local names dao luan ye qing gang ;
Range China (Fujian, Guangdong, S Hunan) ; 1600 - 1800 m ;
Growth habit 5-11 m tall; sometimes smaller;
Leaves 2.5-6 x 1.5-2.5 cm; narrowly oboval to oblong elliptic; apex rounded, sometimes acute or shortly acuminate; base cuneate; margin entire; dark green above; bloomy beneath, with some scattered stellate hairs, becoming hairless; 5-8 vein pairs, prominent beneath, remotely impressed adaxially; tertiary veins obscure abaxially; petiole 2-8 mm long, at first hairy, becoming glabrous;
Flowers male on 2 cm long rachis, bearing 1-3 fruits; 
Fruits acorn 1-2 cm in diameter, subglobose; solitary or 2-3 together; glabrous; peduncle 3-8 mm long; enclosed 1/3 by cup; cup half-round, 1.5-2 cm in diameter, tomentose outside, silky inside, with 7-9 denticulate concentric rings; scar 5-8 mm, flat; stylopodium persistent; maturing in 1 year;

Bark, twigs and
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Hardiness zone, habitat evergreen broad-leaved forests, mountain peaks and slopes;
Miscellaneous -- Sub-genus Cyclobalanopsis;
-- For Govaerts & Frodin, Q.meihuashanensis is a true species;
-- For Pr Min Deng, Q. arbutifolia is a synonym;

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