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Quercus floribunda | |
Author | Lindl. ex Camus. 1935 Chênes Atlas 2: 131 |
Synonyms | dealbata Royle 1839 dilatata Royle 1836 nom. nudum, not Raf. dilatata Wall. ex A.DC. in DC. 1864 dilatata Lindl. ex A.DC 1864 nom. illeg. floribunda Lindl. ex A.Camus 1936 himalayana Bahadur 1971 |
Local names | Moru
oak; Green oak; Holly oak; |
Range | Himalaya;
Nepal; Pakistan; Afghanistan; 1600 - 3000 m; |
Growth habit | 25-30
m (the tallest oak in Western Himalaya); trunk 2-3 m in diameter; |
Leaves | 6-11
x3-6 cm; semi-evergreen; leathery; oval-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate,
sometimes oval; base rounded or cordate; apex obliquely acuminate; margin
dentate, with 4-9 bristle-tipped teeth each side, sometimes entire; glabrous
and lustrous grey green above; 10-152 veins pairs, thin, forked and reticulate,
prominent on both sides; petiole becoming hairless, 0.5-1 cm longlong
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Flowers | in
April-May; fruits 16-18 months later, in winter; male flowers on 2-5 cm
catkins, drooping and loose; |
Fruits | acorn
2-2.5 cm long, 1.6-1.8 cm in diameter; subsessile; pointed and mucronate;
glabrous, brown at maturity; solitary on a very short peduncle; +enclosed
1/3 or 1/2 by cup; cup with appressed, pubescent scales; maturing in 2
years; |
Bark, twigs and |
bark
dark grey brown, furrowed, exfoliating into longitudinal scales; branchlets
and buds pubescent at first, becoming glabrous; bud ovoid, pointed, small;
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Hardiness zone, habitat | not
quite hardy (zone 8); all types of soils; thrives in shady sites; |
Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : tome 2, p. 5, n° 128; -- |
Subspecies and varieties |
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Hybrid with Q.leucotrichophora : Q.x
parkeri A. Camus; |
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