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Quercus ocoteifolia |
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Liebmann 1854 Overs. Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Forh. Medlemmers Arbeider 1854: 176 Diagnosis here |
Synonyms | acatenangensis Trel. 1924
diagnosis here ambivenulosa Trel. 1933 diagnosis here candoleana Trel. 1924 esesmilensis Tucker & C.H.Muller 1945 laurina var. ocoteifolia (Liebm.)Wenz. 1884 laurina var. podocarpa (A.DC)Wenz. 1884 longifolia Liebm. nom. illeg. 1854 Diagnosis here nitens var. ocoteifolia (Liebm.)A.DC 1864 nitens var. podocarpa A.DC 1869 ocoteifolia f. podocarpa Trel. 1924 ocoteifolia var. longifolia A.DC 1864 ocoteifolia f. confusa Trel. 1924 xalapensis var. longifolia (A.DC) Wenz. 1884 zempoaltepecana Trel. 1924 diagnosis here |
Local names | encino sunuj ; masket ; |
Range | Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz); El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; 1500-3000 m; |
Growth habit | reaches 25-30 m; trunk to 1 m in diameter; |
Leaves | 5-12 cm x 1-4; evergreen; thick, stiff; elliptic, lanceolate or narrowly oval; apex pointed and acuminate, bristle-tipped; base cuneate or attenuate; margin revolute, entire or with some bristle-tipped teeth in apical 1/2; shiny, hairless adaxially, except some hairs along midrib; paler beneath, with axillary tufts; epidermis not bullate; 10-14 vein pairs strongly prominent beneath, moderately prominent adaxially; petiole 5-20 mm long, glabrescent. |
Flowers | male catkins 3 cm long, few-flowered; pistillate inflorescence 1-2 cm long, hairless, bearing 1 or 2 flowers. |
Fruits | acorn ovoid, 1-2 cm long; apex rounded and mucronate; singly or paired on a 5-20 mm long peduncle; cupule turbinate or cup-shaped, 1-2 cm in diameter, with remotely hairy scales, enclosing 1/2 of nut, or less; maturing in 2 years; |
Bark, twigs and |
bark grey, smooth, becoming furrowed; twig slender (1-2 mm thick), sulcate, becoming glabrous, reddish-brown, with inconspicuous lenticels; bud 3-4 mm long, ovoid, pointed, pubescent; |
Hardiness zone, habitat | not quite hardy (zone 7-8); |
Miscellaneous |
-- A.Camus = n° 363; |
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