Lithocarpus naiadarum Chun

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Fagaceae > Lithocarpus

Characteristics

Trees 4-10 m tall, glabrous except for inflorescences. Branchlets with a thin translucent wax layer. Leaf blade narrowly oblong to lanceolate, (5-)10-15(-30) × (0.7-)1-1.5 (-2.5) cm, rigidly papery, concolorous and without waxy scalelike trichomes, base attenuate and decurrent on a very short petiole, apex shortly acuminate and with a blunt tip; secondary veins 11-15 on each side of midvein, slender, evident; tertiary veins abaxially reticulate. Male inflorescences in a panicle; rachis densely tawny pubescent. Female inflorescences to 20 cm; rachis ca. 3 mm thick; cupules in clusters of ca. 3. Cupule discoid, 1.2-1.8 cm in diam., enclosing basal part of nut, outside puberulent, wall to 1 mm thick and ± woody near base; bracts usually connate into concentric rings, triangular, appressed. Nut broadly conical to rarely subglobose, 1-2 × 1.5-2.5 cm, apex pointed or flat; scar concave to almost flat. Fl. Jul-Aug, fr. Aug-Sep of following year.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 4.0 - 10.0
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Distribution

Lithocarpus naiadarum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:358885-1
WFO ID wfo-0000230102
COL ID 72KXW
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Synonyms

Lithocarpus naiadarum Quercus naiadarum Pasania naiadarum Synaedrys naiadarum Quercus neriifolia