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

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Fagaceae > Lithocarpus

Characteristics

Trees 7-12 m tall; branches of current year, petioles, and rachis of inflorescences tawny tomentose. Petiole under 1 cm; leaf blade lanceolate to rarely oblanceolate, 6-11 × 2-3 cm, thinly leathery, with tufts of minute crisp hairs on both surfaces when young, abaxially scurfy, narrowed at both ends, base broadly cuneate and decurrent on petiole, margin entire, apex acuminate with a caudate tip; secondary veins 6-8 on each side of midvein; tertiary veins abaxially inconspicuous. Male inflorescences in a panicle. Female inflorescence with cupules in clusters of ca. 3. Cupule bowl-shaped, 6-8 mm × 1.5-2 cm, enclosing basal part of nut, wall thin but basally ± thickened. Nut broadly conical to depressed globose, 1.3-1.5 × 1.5-1.7 cm, glabrous; scar 7-8 mm in diam., concave. Fl. Jul-Aug, fr. Oct-Nov of following year.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
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Distribution

Lithocarpus macilentus world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:934638-1
WFO ID wfo-0000230070
COL ID 3VJYX
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Synonyms

Lithocarpus macilentus