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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;
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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; |
Subspecies and varieties |
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Pictures | drawing |