Lithocarpus leucodermis W.Y.Chun & C.C.Huang

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Fagaceae > Lithocarpus

Characteristics

Trees to 25 m tall. Branches of last-year growth covered with a ± translucent, longitudinally splitting, thin waxy layer. Petiole 1-2 cm; leaf blade narrowly oblong, 14-20 cm, leathery, concolorous, glabrous, base cuneate, apex acuminate with tip obtuse; secondary veins 8-10 on each side of midvein, curving apically near margin, apical ones fusing. Inflorescences unknown. Fruit solitary, sessile; rachis 4-5 mm thick, grayish, glabrous or glabrescent. Cupule bowl-shaped, 5-8 mm × 1.8-2.5 cm, enclosing ca. 1/2 of nut, basally ± flat, wall less than 1 mm thick and crustaceous; bracts linear, 1-3 mm, ± curved. Nut depressed globose, 1.6-2 × 1.7-2.4 cm, densely covered with appressed, short hairs; scar 1-1.2 cm in diam., concave; stylopodium to 4 mm. Fr. Oct.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
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Distribution

Lithocarpus leucodermis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:934629-1
WFO ID wfo-0000230042
COL ID 3VJY5
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Synonyms

Lithocarpus leucodermis