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Quercus costaricensis | |
Author | Liebm. 1854 Overs. Kongel. Danske Vidensk.
Selsk. Forh. Medlemmers Arbeider 1854: 184 Diagnosis here |
Synonyms | costaricensis f. kuntzei Trel. 1924 endresi Trel. 1924 Diagnosis here irazuensis Kuntze 1891 (A. Camus : 319) |
Local names | encino, roble encino; |
Range | Costa-Rica (1000 - 3400 m in Talamanca cordillera) ; Honduras (2400m); Panama (2800m); |
Growth habit | may reach 50
m tall; trunk cylindrical; |
Leaves | 3-6(9) x 2.5-5
cm; evergreen or tardily deciduous; thick and leathery; somewhat bubbled,
with reticulate veins; |
Flowers | August to November;
male inflorescences 4-9 cm long, at the base of the twigs; |
Fruits | acorn subglobose
2-3 cm across; coffee-coloured; solitary, on a stout peduncle 0.5-1 cm
long; cup covering only base of nut; |
Bark, twigs and |
bark crackled, greenish black, scaly; twigs 2-6 mm thick, at first densely stellate-tomentose, becoming glabrescent; bud 6 mm long, ovoid, with apically pubescent scales; |
Hardiness zone, habitat | not
hardy; |
Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : n° 321; -- Sub-genus Quercus, Section Lobatae, Series Erythromexicanae ; -- Threatened (IUCN Red List Category : VU). |
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