| Quercus gomeziana | |
| Author | A.Camus 1931 Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. II, 3: 338 |
| Synonyms | Cyclobalanopsis velutina (Wall.)
Oerst. 1867 Quercus velutina Lindl. ex Wall.1831, not Lam. 1785 |
| Local names | |
| Range | S.E. Bangladesh, China (South of Yunnan), Myanmar; 300-1500 m ; |
| Growth habit | 18-24 m; |
| Leaves | 10-15 x 2.5-5
cm; leathery; elliptic lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate; crowded at end
of twigs; apex acuminate oblique; base cuneate; both sides shiny, hairless,
paler beneath; margin entire with a few short teeth near apex; 10-14 pairs
of prominent secondary veins, at an angle of 50° with midrib; petiole
1-1.5 cm long, sulcate above, tomentose; |
| Flowers | female flowers
2-3 with 4-6 styles, on a 5 cm long catkin; |
| Fruits | acorn 1.2-1.5
cm tall, 2 cm in diameter; base truncate; apex shortly and thickly mucronate;
short, thick stalk; enclosed 3/4 by cup; cup 3-4 cm in diameter, flattened,
with 4-7 densely yellowish tomentose rings; |
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Bark, twigs and |
young
twig hairless, thin, soon glabrous; white lenticels; small bud, subglobose,
slightly |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | not hardy; tropical forests; |
| Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : tome 1, p. 345, n° 72; -- Sub-genus Cerris, Section Cyclobalanopsis; -- Section Helferiana, sub-section Helferianae (Menitsky);
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