Lithocarpus cleistocarpus Rehder & E.H.Wilson

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Fagaceae > Lithocarpus

Characteristics

Trees 5-10 m tall. Branchlets of current year sulcate. Petiole 1-2.5 cm; leaf blade ovate-elliptic to oblong, 9-16 × 3-5 cm, leathery, abaxially with adherent, waxy scalelike trichomes, base attenuate and decurrent on petiole, margin entire, apex acuminate; secondary veins 7-10 on each side of midvein, abruptly curving apically, obscure near margin; tertiary veins abaxially slender, evident, laxly spaced. Male inflorescences solitary in a paniculate cluster; rachis with lamellate waxy scalelike trichomes. Female and androgynous inflorescences with cupules in clusters of 3-5 scattered on rachis. Infructescences 7-10 cm; rachis 4-5 mm thick. Cupule subglobose or turbinate, 2-2.5 cm in diam., enclosing 2/3 to most of nut, apically flat, wall ca. 1.5 mm thick at middle; basal bracts fused to wall and reduced to scars, apically triangular, appressed, and covered with tawny or grayish brown, minute, waxy scalelike trichomes. Nut turbinate, sparsely puberulent or glabrous, apex slightly concave, ± flat, or arcuate-convex; scar covering 1/2-3/4 of nut, convex. Fl. Jun-Oct, fr. summer to winter of following year.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 5.0 - 10.0
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Images

Lithocarpus cleistocarpus unspecified picture

Distribution

Lithocarpus cleistocarpus world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:358683-1
WFO ID wfo-0000229804
COL ID 3VJSK
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Synonyms

Lithocarpus cleistocarpus Quercus cleistocarpa Quercus wilsonii Quercus fragifera Pasania wilsonii Synaedrys cleistocarpa Synaedrys wilsonii Pasania cleistocarpa Lithocarpus cleistocarpus var. fangiana Lithocarpus cleistocarpus var. omeienica Lithocarpus kiangsiensis Lithocarpus cleistocarpus var. cleistocarpus