Quercus laurina Bonpl.

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Fagaceae > Quercus

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 30 m tall. The trunk is 50 cm across. The leaves are thick and leathery. They are 15 cm long and can have a few large teeth near the tip.
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Growth form tree
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination anemogamy
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Mature width (meter) 0.5
Mature height (meter) 20.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Pine-oak forest, moist mountain forests, and disturbed oak woodlands; at elevations from 1,500-3,200 metres.
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Pine-oak forest, moist mountain forests, and disturbed oak woodlands; at elevations from 1,500-3,200 metres.
It is a subtropical plant.
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Usage

Uses dye material medicinal timber wood
Edible nuts seeds
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 120 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
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Images

Quercus laurina unspecified picture

Distribution

Quercus laurina world distribution map, present in Guatemala and Honduras

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:325839-2
WFO ID wfo-0000291646
COL ID 4R5CJ
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Synonyms

Quercus ocoteaefolia f. confusa Quercus ambivenulosa Quercus bourgaei Quercus esesmilensis Quercus lanceolata Quercus laurina Quercus laurina Quercus major Quercus malinaltepecana Quercus orizabae Quercus roseovenulosa Quercus tlapuxahuensis Quercus tridens Quercus trinitatis Quercus barbinervis Quercus caeruleocarpa Quercus chrysophylla Quercus treleaseana Quercus zempoaltepecana Dryopsila laurina Quercus salicifolia Quercus bourgaei var. ilicifolia Quercus castanea var. tridens Quercus lanceolata var. undulatodentata Quercus laurina var. barbinervis Quercus laurina var. major Quercus laurina var. ocoteifolia Quercus laurina var. podocarpa Quercus nitens var. major Quercus nitens var. ocoteifolia Quercus nitens var. podocarpa Quercus salicifolia var. tlapuxahuensis Quercus tlapuxahuensis var. obconica Quercus ocoteifolia f. podocarpa Quercus ocoteifolia var. typica