| Quercus sapotifolia | |
| Author |
Liebm. 1854 Overs. Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Forh. Medlemmers Arbeider 1854: 185 Diagnosis here |
| Synonyms | amissiloba Trel.1938 apanecana Trel.1924 Diagnosis here bumelioides Liebm. 1864 Diagnosis here donnell-smithii Trel.1924 pro parte Diagnosis here elliptica Liebm. ex A.DC 1864 not Née 1801 elliptica var. microcarpa (Liebm.) A.DC 1864 guatimalensis A.DC 1864 pro parte microcarpa Liebm.1854 Diagnosis here parviglans Trel.1915 Diagnosis here parviglans fo polycarpa Trel. 1924 parviglans fo tejadana Trel.1924 perseaefolia Liebm. 1854 (or perseifolia) (A. Camus : 328) Diagnosis here perseaefolia var. achoteana Trel. ex Yunck. 1938 siguatepequeana Trel. 1930 totutlensis A.DC 1864 (A.Camus : n° 408) wesmaelii Trel. 1924 |
| Local names | |
| Range | Costa-Rica;
Honduras; El Salvador; Guatemala; Panama; Belize; South-East Mexico, in
the Sierra Madre Oriental (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz); 1300 m - 2000 m;
Nicaragua 800 - 1500m ; |
| Growth habit | 4-15 m tall, sometimes more; |
| Leaves | 8-12 x 2-5 cm;
evergreen; oblanceolate to oblong, or elliptic; leathery; coriaceousweakly
rough; apex slightly acute or narrowly rounded, often bristle-tipped;
base narrowly rounded or cordate; margin entire, revolute, somewhat crispate;
hairless on both sides, except some tufts of fasciate and glandular hairs
at axils beneath; epidermis abaxially flat or barely papillose, not bullate;
8-14 vein pairs, slightly impressed above, raised beneath, at an angle
of more than 45° with the midrib; petiole hairless or glabrate, 3-6
mm long; |
| Flowers | male inflorescences
6-12 cm long; pistillate inflorescences 1-3 cm long, bearing 1-6 flowers;
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| Fruits | acorn 0.8-1.4
cm in diameter, narrowly ellipsoid; mucronate and glabrescent; singly
or to 3 together; subsessile or with glabrous stalk 0.5-2 cm long; pericarp
hairy inside; enclosed 1/4 by cup; cup halfround to slightly turbinate,
with triangular, 2-3 mm long, pointed, shiny tawny scales; maturing in
1 year; |
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Bark, twigs and |
bark
rough, dark red; twigs 1.5-3.5 mm thick, soon glabrous, dark red brown,
with raised, white, inconspicuous lenticels; buds ovoid-elliptic, 2.5-3
mm long, hairless; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | not
hardy; |
| Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : n° 329; -- Sub-genus Quercus, section Lobatae, Series Erythromexicanae; -- For some Authors, (Govaerts & Frodin), Q.perseifolia is a true species (= Q.elliptica Liebm. not Née). -- For numerous Authors of Central America (Honduras, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua), Q.bumelioides is synonym of Q.copeyensis, which is not possible as Q. copeyensis is in the Quercus Section; but for Susana Valencia Avalos, 2004, Q.bumelioides is a synonym of sapotifolia, and for Tracey Parker (Trees of Guatemala, 2008), it is a true species.... -- Hybridizes with Q.elliptica Née in low, dry sites, and with Q.salicifolia in high, wet sites; -- Resembles Q. pinnativenulosa, which has acorns maturing in 2 years, 3-4.5 mm long buds, 5-17 mm long petioles, leaves narrower (to 3 cm) and veins weakly raised beneath. -- Resembles also Q. delgadoana, which has biennal fruits, leaves grayish-green or glaucous, narrowly oblong, lanceolate or elliptic, and 9 to 20 pairs of secondary veins. -- |
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