Lithocarpus truncatus Rehder

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Fagaceae > Lithocarpus

Characteristics

Trees to 30 m tall. Branchlets of last year growth lenticellate; lenticels yellowish gray, ± raised. Petiole 1-1.5 cm, basally dark brown to blackish when dry; leaf blade narrowly oblong to lanceolate, 10-25 × 3-7 cm, thinly leathery, concolorous, abaxially glaucous and with adherent waxy scalelike trichomes, adaxial surface of young leaves glossy when dry, base cuneate to narrowly so, margin entire, apex narrowly attenuate with apiculate-caudate tip; secondary veins 11-15 on each side of midvein; tertiary veins abaxially visible. Male inflorescences solitary in leaf axils or congested at apex of branches; rachis pubescent. Female inflorescences solitary or congested; cupules in clusters of 3-5(-7). Infructescence rachis base 4-7 mm thick. Cupule turbinate to obconic, 2.5-3.5 × 2.5-3 cm, enclosing most of nut, apically usually flat; bracts conspicuous, imbricate and triangular or united into interrupted rings, appressed, from base to middle of cupule, densely tawny puberulent. Nut subglobose, ca. 3 × 2.6 cm, with tawny appressed minute hairs, apex ± flat or slightly convex, wall ca. 1 mm thick on sides and ca. 1.5 mm thick near apex; scar covering 2/3-4/5 of nut, convex. Fl. Jun-Aug, fr. Aug-Oct of following year.
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An evergreen tree. It grows 6-20 m high. The small branches are covered with white scales in the grooves. The leaves are narrowly oval and 10-30 cm long by 4-8 cm wide. The base is wedge shaped. The veins underneath are red. The flowers are greenish-yellow. Male and female flowers are separate but on the same plant. Male flowers are in an open group and female flowers are in a spike. The fruiting branches are 10-12 cm long.
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 6.0 - 20.0
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Environment

It grows on rocky outcrops in pine and oak forests or on grassy savannah.
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Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Starch is extracted from the nut and used as food.
Uses material
Edible nuts
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Cultivation

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Distribution

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

Conservation status

Lithocarpus truncatus threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:359034-1
WFO ID wfo-0000230300
COL ID 72KY3
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Synonyms

Quercus baviensis Quercus truncata Lithocarpus baviensis Lithocarpus truncatus Pasania baviensis Synaedrys baviensis Pasania truncata Synaedrys truncata Lithocarpus truncatus var. baviensis Lithocarpus grandicupula Lithocarpus truncatus var. truncatus