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Quercus magnosquamata | |
Author | Djav.-Khoie 1967 |
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Range | Iran, northern Zagros forests |
Growth habit |
to 15 m tall, usually much shorter |
Leaves | 6-9 x 2-3.5 cm; deciduous; broadly lanceolate; apex pointed attenuate; base rounded or seldom cordate; margin sinuate-undulate with 10-14 teeth pairs; both sides slightly pubescent; adaxially yellowish-green, abaxially pale green; petiole to 2 cm long; |
Flowers | 4-5 stamens, 3 linear and curved styles; |
Fruits | acorn cylindrical, elongated, 3.9 cm long, 2.9 cm wide; large cup, halfround, 4.2 cm wide, scales thick and not appressed, with long, undulate, curved tip; maturation biennal; |
Bark, twigs and |
dark grey bark, furrowed in old trees; twigs brown with numerous lenticels and sparse hairs, glabrous second year; bud ovate, pointed, with dense hairs near base; |
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Miscellaneous |
-- Subgenus Cerris, Section Cerris |
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