Lithocarpus megalophyllus Rehder & E.H.Wilson

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Fagaceae > Lithocarpus

Characteristics

Trees 15-25 m tall. Branchlets glaucous, glabrous, lenticellate. Petiole 2.5-6 cm, 3-6 mm thick; leaf blade obovate, obovate-elliptic, or elliptic, 14-30 × 6-13 cm, rigidly leathery, concolorous, abaxially with grayish, pulverulent scalelike glands (visible under hand lens), adaxially glabrous, base cuneate to subrounded, margin entire, apex acute; secondary veins 14-18 on each side of midvein, abaxially strongly raised, adaxially impressed; tertiary veins abaxially conspicuous, subparallel. Male panicle to 20 cm; rachis sparsely pubescent when young. Female inflorescences usually at apex of branches; cupules in clusters of 3(-5), sometimes solitary. Infructescences 10-14 cm; rachis 1-1.5 cm thick. Cupule plate-shaped to cupular, 4-10 mm × 2-3 cm, enclosing 1/6-1/3 of nut, wall 1-2 mm thick; bracts 1-1.4 mm. Nut conical and 2.4-2.8 × 2-2.5 cm to depressed globose and 1.6-1.8 × 2.8-3.2 cm, slightly shining, sometimes ± white farinose, apex flat or with a ± concave center, wall ca. 1 mm thick; scar 1.2-1.8 cm in diam., concave. Fl. May-Jun, fr. May-Jun of following year.
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A tree. It grows 15-25 m tall. The leaves are oval and 14-30 cm long by 6-13 cm wide. The fruiting body is 10-14 cm. There is a cup shaped body enclosing the nut. The nut is cone shaped and 2.4-2.8 cm long by 2-2.5 cm wide.
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 15.0 - 25.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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It is a tropical plant. In Yunnan.
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Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten raw.
Uses food
Edible fruits
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Distribution

Lithocarpus megalophyllus world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:358869-1
WFO ID wfo-0000230080
COL ID 3VJZ8
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Synonyms

Lithocarpus pleiocarpus Quercus mairei Lithocarpus megalophyllus