Lithocarpus petelotii A.Camus

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Fagaceae > Lithocarpus

Characteristics

Trees to 28 m tall. Branchlets and rachis of inflorescences tawny pubescent. Petiole 2.5-4 cm, pubescent when young; leaf blade elliptic to ovate-elliptic or sometimes obovate to obovate-elliptic, 9-15 × 3.5-6 cm, rigidly leathery, abaxially with rust-colored, scurfy scalelike trichomes and stellate hairs, base subrounded to broadly cuneate and sometimes asymmetric, margin entire, apex acuminate to acute; secondary veins 7-13 on each side of midvein, abaxially pubescent; tertiary veins abaxially conspicuous. Male inflorescences in a panicle, less than 3 cm. Female inflorescences to 20 cm; rachis ca. 8 mm thick; cupules in clusters of 3-5, rarely solitary on basal part of rachis. Cupule shallowly bowl-shaped, 0.8-1.5 × 2.5-3.5 cm, covering base of nut, basally narrowed and slightly elongate into a short stalk, wall 3-6 mm thick and woody; bracts imbricate, triangular to rhomboid, densely tawny puberulent; midvein ridged. Nut subglobose, 3-7.5 × 2.5-3.8 cm, often white farinose, apex shortly pointed; scar 1-1.4 cm in diam., concave. Fl. Aug-Sep, fr. Sep-Oct of following year.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 28.0
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Distribution

Lithocarpus petelotii world distribution map, present in China and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:358930-1
WFO ID wfo-0000230158
COL ID 3VK3D
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Synonyms

Lithocarpus petelotii