| Quercus hondai | |
| Author | Makino 1902 Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 16: 144 |
| Synonyms | Cyclobalanopsis hondae (Makino) Schottky, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 47: 658 (1912). |
| Local names | hanaga-gashi; |
| Range | Japan (Kyushu, Shikoku); |
| Growth habit | tree |
| Leaves | 6-14 x 2.5-3.5
cm; evergreen; narrowly lanceolate; leathery; acuminate, base cuneate;
margin entire with some small teeth near apex ; both sides hairless; nearly
concolor, shiny green above, paler beneath; 8-12 vein pairs; short petiole,
less than 1 cm long, thin, glabrous; |
| Flowers | |
| Fruits | acorn elliptic
or obovoid, mucronate, 1.5 cm long, 1 cm in diameter, with apex pubescent;
cup halfround with 5-6 concentric rings, pubescents and partially dentate;
maturing in 2 years; |
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Bark, twigs and |
bark dark grey, thick, rough; twig thin, terete, hairless; small lenticels; bud narrowly conical, elongated, yellow-brown, with pubescent scales; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | not quite hardy; |
| Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : tome 1, p. 363, n° 82 ; -- Sub-genus Cerris, Section Cyclobalanopsis; -- Sometimes written hondae -- Closely related to Q.acuta or to Q.nubium (for Menitsky intermediate between these 2 species) -- Threatened (IUCN Red List Category : VU). |
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