Lithocarpus brevicaudatus (Skan) Hayata

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Fagaceae > Lithocarpus

Characteristics

Trees 10-15 m tall. Branchlets of current year purplish brown, sulcate. Petiole 2-3 cm; leaf blade usually ovate, sometimes elliptic, oblong, or suborbicular, 6-15 × 4-6.5 cm, leathery, abaxially with pulverulent scalelike glands, base broadly cuneate, subrounded, or acute, ± auriculate, and sometimes asymmetric, margin entire, apex acute, acuminate, or long caudate; secondary veins 9-13 on each side of midvein; tertiary veins abaxially inconspicuous, reticulate. Male inflorescences arranged in a panicle, 4-8 cm; rachis tawny puberulent. Female inflorescences 8-10 cm; cupules in clusters of 3-5, rarely solitary. Cupule disc-shaped to cupular, rarely to 7 mm, 1.4-2 cm in diam., enclosing 1/8-1/6 of nut, outside tawny puberulent, wall to 3 mm and woody near base; bracts imbricate, triangular to rhomboid, squamose. Nut broadly conical, 1.4-2.2 cm in diam., often ± white farinose, apex shortly pointed or flat, wall ca. 3 mm thick near base; scar at base of nut, 0.9-1.2 cm in diam., concave. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Sep-Nov of following year.
Life form -
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 10.0 - 15.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Lithocarpus brevicaudatus world distribution map, present in China and Taiwan, Province of China

Conservation status

Lithocarpus brevicaudatus threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:358652-1
WFO ID wfo-0000229764
COL ID 3VJRH
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lithocarpus brevicaudatus Quercus brevicaudata Quercus impressivena Pasania impressivena Synaedrys brevicaudata Synaedrys impressivena Pasania brevicaudata Lithocarpus impressivenus Lithocarpus brevicaudatus var. pinnativenus Synaedrys brevicaudata var. pinnativena Lithocarpus impressivenus var. falcatocaudata