Lithocarpus litseifolius Chun

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Fagaceae > Lithocarpus

Characteristics

Trees to 20 m tall; branchlets and petioles sometimes ± white farinose when dry. Petiole 1.5-2.5 cm; leaf blade elliptic, obovate-elliptic, ovate, or rarely narrowly elliptic, 8-18 × 3-8 cm, papery to subleathery, concolorous to ± glaucous abaxially, base cuneate to broadly so, margin entire, apex acuminate to acute; secondary veins 8-11 on each side of midvein, obscure near margin; tertiary veins abaxially slender, evident, lax, reddish to yellowish brown when dry. Male inflorescences in a panicle, rarely solitary, to 25 cm. Female and androgynous inflorescences usually 2-6 congested at apex of branches, spiciform, to 35 cm; rachis sparsely pubescent; cupules in clusters of 3-5. Infructescences to 30 cm; rachis slender, rarely over 5 mm thick. Cupule plate-shaped, 0.8-1.5 cm in diam., covering base of nut, outside glabrous, wall 0.5-1 mm thick and woody basally; bracts imbricate but basal ones connate into concentric rings, triangular, appressed. Nut broadly conical, subglobose, or rarely depressed globose, 0.8-1.5 × 1.2-2 cm, glabrous or often ± white farinose, wall 0.2-0.5 mm thick; scar ca. 1.1 cm in diam., concave. Fl. May-Sep, fr. Apr-Oct of following year.
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 20.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Lithocarpus litseifolius world distribution map, present in China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Lithocarpus litseifolius threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:358846-1
WFO ID wfo-0000230050
COL ID 3VJYD
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Synonyms

Lithocarpus litseifolius Lithocarpus mucronatus Pasania mucronata Quercus synbalanos Lithocarpus synbalanos Quercus litseifolia Pasania litseifolia Pasania synbalanos Synaedrys litseifolia Synaedrys synbalanos Pasania lysistachya Pasania wenshanensis Lithocarpus litseifolius var. pubescens Lithocarpus litseifolius var. litseifolius