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Quercus tiaoloshanica | |
Author | Chun & W.C.Ko 1958 Acta Phytotax. Sin. 7: 42 |
Synonyms | Cyclobalanopsis
tiaoloshanica (Chun & Ko) Hsu
& Wei Jen 1979 |
Local names | diao
luo shan qing gang ; |
Range | China (Hainan),
) 900-1400 m ; |
Growth habit | reaches 12 m tall; |
Leaves | 4-10 x 1.2-3
cm; crowded at the end of shoots; oblong; leathery; apex acute; base cuneate;
margin entire or slightly crenate towards apex; concolorous; midrib flat
adaxially; 5-7 vein pairs; petiole 6-8 mm, tomentose at first; |
Flowers | January-February; pistillate inflorescences 5-15 mm long, densely golden-brown woolly tomentose; |
Fruits | acorn 2 cm long,
1.5 cm wide, ovoid; puberulent at tip; cup thin, hairy inside and outside,
enclosing 1/3 of nut, with 6-7 concentric rings of scales; maturing in
1 year; |
Bark, twigs and |
young twig densely golden-brown woolly tomentose; 2 years old twig with inconspicuous lenticels; |
Hardiness zone, habitat | not
hardy; evergreen broad-leaved forests in mountains; |
Miscellaneous |
-- Sub-genus Cerris, Section
Cyclobalanopsis; |
Subspecies and varieties |
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Pictures | drawing |