| Quercus chevalieri | |
| Author | Hickel & A.Camus 1921 Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. X, 3: 380 1921 |
| Synonyms | Cyclobalanopsis chevalieri (Hickel
& A.Camus) Hsu & Wei Jen 1993 |
| Local names | hei guo qing gang ; |
| Range | China (Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi), Vietnam ; 600 - 2000 m ; |
| Growth habit | 10-15 m tall, but may reach 20 m; |
| Leaves | 6-11 x 2-4 cm; evergreen ; subleathery; elliptic or oboval-oblong; base cuneate ; apex subotuse to sometimes shortly caudate; margin entire, wavy, sometimes some minute teeth near apex; hairless; concolor or nearly so; midrib impressed adaxially; 9-13 conspicuous vein pairs, slightly impressed above, prominent below; conspicuous tertiary veins; petiole 5-10 mm; |
| Flowers | April-May |
| Fruits | acorn ovoid-oblong,
1.5-1.8 cm long, 0.8-1.3 cm in diameter, 2 to 5 together, hairless or
slightly silky, with basal scar convex; 1/2 enclosed by cup; cup 0.8-1.8
cm in diam., brown, silky both sides, thin, with 7-9) concentric rings
of scales with margins weakly denticulate; ripe first year, between October
and December; |
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Bark, twigs and |
twigs
slender, sulcate, covered with whitish bloom when 2 years old; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | not
hardy; |
| Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : tome 1, p. 297, n° 52 ; -- Sub-genus Cerris, Section Cyclobalanopsis; -- Section Glauca, sub-section Glaucae (Menitsky); |
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