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Quercus morii | |
Author | Hayata 1911 J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30(1): 293 |
Synonyms | Cyclobalanopsis
morii (Hayata) Schottky 1912 |
Local names | tai
wan qing gang ; |
Range | Taiwan, 750-2600
m ; |
Growth habit | 30 m tall, and more; trunk to 1 m in diameter; |
Leaves | 6-10 x 2.5-4
cm; oblong to obovate; leathery; apex caudate; base broadly cuneate or
subrounded and slightly oblique; hairless on both surfaces (sometimes
silky hairs on young leaves); margin serrate near apical half; midvein
and secondary veins prominent abaxially, flat or slightly impressed adaxially;
8-11 vein pairs; tertiary veins slender, evident beneath; petiole hairless,
1.5-3 cm long; |
Flowers | April-May; 3 styles; pistillate inflorescence 2-3 cm long, with 1 or 2 cups; |
Fruits | acorn ovoid to cylindrical, 1.5-2.5 cm long, 1-1.8 cm in diameter, seldom hairy; apex rounded; enclosed 1/2 by sessile, campanulate cup; cup 1.4-1.8 cm long, 1.5-2 cm in diameter, thin (1 mm), velutinous outside, tomentose inside, with 7-8 concentric rings (basal ones divergent from cupule wall, apical ones dentate) ; maturing in 2 years in October-November; |
Bark, twigs and |
bark
grey, scaly, broken into plates; twigs thick, glabrescent, with evident
lenticels; |
Hardiness zone, habitat | not
quite hardy (zone 8); in broad-leaves, evergreen, mountains forests; |
Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : tome 1, p. 310, n° 57; -- Sub-genus Cerris, Section Cyclobalanopsis; -- Section Acuta (Menitsky) -- Related (or variety ?) to Q.acuta Thunb. (Camus : n° 56) ; |
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