Lithocarpus mekongensis (A.Camus) C.C.Huang & Y.T.Zhang

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Fagaceae > Lithocarpus

Characteristics

Trees ca. 10 m tall. Petiole less than 1 cm; leaf blade elliptic to ovate-elliptic, 10-15 × 4-5 cm, papery, abaxially with waxy scalelike trichomes and glaucous when dry, adaxially glabrous, base cuneate, margin entire, apex acuminate; secondary veins 12-15 on each side of midvein, apical ones fusing near margin; tertiary veins abaxially slender, evident. Male inflorescences solitary, axillary, 8-15 cm; rachis scurfy, puberulent, or glabrous. Female inflorescences 8-15 cm; cupules of ca. 3, sometimes solitary. Infructescence rachis 5-6 mm thick, lenticellate; lenticels small. Cupule bowl-shaped, 3-5 mm × 1-1.2 cm, enclosing basal part of nut; bracts imbricate, triangular, small. Nut depressed globose, 5-8 mm × 1.1-1.4 cm, sparsely puberulent, apex ± flat or sometimes concave; scar ca. 6 mm in diam., concave. Fl. Oct-Dec, fr. Aug-Oct of following year.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 10.0 - 13.5
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Soil texture 5-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:963734-1
WFO ID wfo-0000230083
COL ID 3VJZB
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Synonyms

Lithocarpus mekongensis Lithocarpus microsperma subsp. mekongensis