Castanopsis fabri Hance

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Fagaceae > Castanopsis

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 8-20 m tall. The young shoots have a few hairs. The leaf stalk can be 1.5 cm long. The leaf blade is oval or sword shaped. It is 8-18 cm long by 2.5-5 cm wide. It is leathery. The base is rounded and unequal on each side. The edges have teeth. It tapers to the tip. There are 9-15 side veins on each side of the mid vein. The mid vein is sunken. The stalk of the male flowers has a few hairs. The female flowers are 2-3 per cup. The flowering structure is 8-17 cm long. The cup is 2-4 cm across. It splits open irregularly. There are usually 2 nuts per cup but there can be 1 or 3. The nuts are cone shaped and 1-1.4 cm across by 1-1.2 cm wide.
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature width (meter) 0.02 - 0.04
Mature height (meter) 11.5 - 17.5
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in broad leafed evergreen forest between 100-2000 m altitude.
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Broadleaved evergreen forest; at elevations from 100-2,000 metres.
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Usage

Uses timber wood
Edible nuts seeds
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
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Distribution

Castanopsis fabri world distribution map, present in Taiwan, Province of China and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295390-1
WFO ID wfo-0000813716
COL ID RNYV
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Synonyms

Castanopsis ninbienensis Castanopsis stellatospina Castanopsis tenuispinula Castanopsis hickelii Castanopsis kusanoi Castanopsis brevispina Castanopsis brevistella Castanopsis matsudae Castanopsis quangtriensis Castanopsis sinsuiensis Castanopsis fabri