| Quercus setulosa | |
| Author | Hickel & A.Camus 1923 Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 29: 598 |
| Synonyms | sinii Chun 1947 |
| Local names | fu
ning li ; |
| Range | China (Guangdong,
Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan), Laos, Thailand, Vietnam; 100 - 1300 m; |
| Growth habit | usually a shrub,
but may reach 20 m tall; |
| Leaves | 4.5-11 x 1.5-4
cm; evergreen; leathery; oblong or oval lanceolate; apex sub-acute to
acuminate; base rounded or broadly cuneate; margin irregularly toothed
in apical half; shiny green, glabrous above; greenish and glabrous beneath
except brown stellate hairs on midvein and at veins axils; 9-12 vein pairs
inconspicuous above; petiole 1-2 cm long; |
| Flowers | April-May; |
| Fruits | acorn 1.5-2
cm long, 1 cm in diameter; narrowly ellipsoid; mucronate; brown; slightly
pubescent at apex; paired on a short peduncle; cup flat, scaly, 1 cm wide,
covering 1/4 or 1/3 of nut; basal scar prominent, 3 mm wide; maturing
in 1 year; |
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Bark, twigs and |
twigs becoming glabrous in summer; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | not
hardy; inhabits mixed forests; |
| Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : n° 130; -- |
| Subspecies and varieties |
For
Govaerts & Frodin, there are 2 subspecies: 1/ subsp setulosa = Q.sinii Chun 1947 China, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam 2/ subsp laotica (A.Camus) Menitsky 1973 Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 10: 128 = Q.laotica A.Camus 1935 (see this item) |
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