Lithocarpus obscurus C.C.Huang & Y.T.Chang

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Fagaceae > Lithocarpus

Characteristics

Trees to 30 m tall, glabrous except for inflorescences. Branchlets blackish brown when dry, sparsely lenticellate; lenticels slightly raised. Petiole 3-7 mm; leaf blade 10-19 × 4-8 cm, papery, concolorous, without scalelike glands, base rounded to auriculate, sometimes obtuse, and often asymmetric, margin entire, apex acute to obtuse; secondary veins 9-12 on each side of midvein; tertiary veins abaxially conspicuous. Female inflorescences 10-35 cm; rachis puberulent; cupules in clusters of 3-5. Infructescences to 35 cm; rachis 0.8-1.4 cm thick. Cupule cupular, 6-8 mm × 1-1.5 cm, enclosing hardly 1/2 of nut, dark gray when dry, wall basally thickened; bracts imbricate, small, appressed, usually only subulate apex conspicuous. Nut broadly conical, 1-1.4 × 1.5-2 cm; scar concave. Fr. Oct-Nov.
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Distribution

Lithocarpus obscurus world distribution map, present in Bangladesh and China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:358900-1
WFO ID wfo-0000230121
COL ID 3VK2C
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Synonyms

Lithocarpus obscurus Lithocarpus elegans var. brevipetiolatus Lithocarpus spicatus var. brevipetiolatus Quercus spicata var. brevipetiolata Pasania spicata var. brevipetiolata