Carpinus turczaninowii Hance

Turczaninow's hornbeam (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Betulaceae > Carpinus

Characteristics

Trees 10-15 m tall; bark dark gray. Branchlets gray-brown, slender, pubescent when young, glabrescent. Petiole 4-10 mm, sparsely pubescent; leaf blade ovate, broadly ovate, ovate-elliptic, or ovate-rhombic, rarely ovate-lanceolate, 2-6 × 1.3-4 cm, abaxially sparsely villous along veins, bearded in axils of lateral veins, adaxially glabrous or sparsely villous along midvein, base subrounded or broadly cuneate, rarely subcordate or cuneate, margin regularly or irregularly doubly serrate, rarely simply serrate, apex acute or acuminate; lateral veins 8-12 on each side of midvein. Female inflorescence 3-6 cm; bracts semiovate, semioblong, or broadly semiovate, 6-20 × 4-10 mm, sparsely pubescent, outer margin irregularly incised-dentate, sometimes lobulate, without basal lobe, inner margin entire or remotely minutely dentate, with ovate, inflexed basal lobe 2-3 mm, apex acute, acuminate, or obtuse; veins 5, reticulate veins prominent. Nutlet broadly ovoid, ca. 3 × 2 mm, glabrous except sparsely villous at apex, resinous glandular, prominently ribbed. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Jul-Sep.
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature width (meter) 4.0 - 8.0
Mature height (meter) 8.0 - 12.0
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Flower color
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

Light 4-8
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-8

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Therapeutic use -
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, graftings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings graftings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
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Minimum temperature (C°) -18
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Distribution

Carpinus turczaninowii world distribution map, present in China and United States of America

Conservation status

Carpinus turczaninowii threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295286-1
WFO ID wfo-0000806356
COL ID 69DRG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Carpinus coreana Carpinus stipulata Carpinus turczaninowii Carpinus chowii Carpinus tanakaeana Carpinus paxii Carpinus turczaninovii var. coreana Carpinus turczaninovii var. chungnanensis Carpinus turczaninowii var. stipulata Carpinus turczaninowii var. turczaninowii