Quercus lamellosa Sm.

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Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Fagaceae > Quercus

Characteristics

A large tree. It can be 60 m tall. The crown is umbrella shaped. The bark is grey with a pinkish tinge in older trees. The leaves are large and 30 cm long and broadly sword shaped. They are white underneath. The edge has saw teeth. The fruit are acorns ringed with several cups up to 7 cm across. The nuts are top shaped and 3.7 cm long. They are brown and smooth.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 35.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Forms dense evergreen forests with Lithocarpus and Castanopsis species; at elevations up to 2,700 metres. Mixed mesophytic forests in mountains; at elevations from 1,300-2,500 metres.
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It is a temperate plant. It grows between 1,600-2,800 m altitude in moist forests in N India.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 2-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

Uses charcoal dye fuel material medicinal timber wood
Edible nuts seeds
Therapeutic use Astringent (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 120 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 15 - 25
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Quercus lamellosa world distribution map, present in China, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand

Conservation status

Quercus lamellosa threat status: Near Threatened

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:296351-1
WFO ID wfo-0000291523
COL ID 4R5BL
BDTFX ID 122102
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Quercus lamellosa Cyclobalanopsis lamellosa Perytis lamellosa

Lower taxons

Quercus lamellosa var. lamellosa Quercus lamellosa var. nigrinervis