| Quercus fabri | |
| Author | Hance 1869 J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 10: 202 |
| Synonyms | |
| Local names | bai li ; |
| Range |
China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong,
Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, southern Shaanxi,
Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); 100-1900 m; |
| Growth habit | usually a small
tree, but may reach 20m high; |
| Leaves | 6-15 x 3-10
cm; deciduous; leathery; oboval-oblong or oval; adaxially slightly convex;
apex rounded with a small pointed tip; base cuneate or narrowly rounded;
margin wavy, crenate-dentate with 7-10 pairs of obtuse teeth; dark green,
dull, glabrous above; densely but shortly grey brown tomentose beneath,
with yellowish-white stellate hairs; 8-12 vein pairs, parallel, at an
angle of 40° with midrib; tertiary veins evident underneath; petiole
3-10 mm, yellow brown pubescent; conspicuous red leaves at fall; |
| Flowers | April; male
catkin pubescent, 1-2 cm long; female inflorescence 1-6 cm, bearing 2-4
seeds; |
| Fruits | acorn 1.8-2.2
cm long, 0.5-1 cm wide; glabrous; oblong, mucronate; enclosed 1/3 by cup;
cup sessile, 1 cm in diameter, bearing broad, pubescent scales; maturing
in 1 year; |
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Bark, twigs and |
greyish
brown bark; twigs densely grey tomentose; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | hardy
zone 7 (withstands -15°C); in mixed forests; |
| Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : tome 2, p. 141, n° 147; -- Sub-genus Quercus, Section Quercus, Series Roburoid; -- Often written erroneously "fabrei"; |
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