| Quercus tenuiloba | |
| Author | C.H.Muller 1936 J. Arnold Arbor. 17: 178 |
| Synonyms | tenuiloba f. hirsuta C.H.Mull. 1936 |
| Local names | |
| Range | Mexico
(Nuevo Leon); 1400-2000 m; |
| Growth habit |
tall tree; |
| Leaves | 12-18 x 3.5-5.5 cm; deciduous; lanceolate; apex acuminate aristate; base mostly rounded, or slightly cordate; hairless above; hairless beneath except axil tufts and hairs on midrib; margin cartilaginous, slightly revolute, wavy, superficially dentate with bristle-tips to 4-8 mm long, sinuses rounded; 10-12 pairs of lateral veins slightly impressed above, raised abaxially, at an angle of 40° with the midrib; petiole depressed, 1-2.2 cm long; |
| Flowers | female catkin 6-8 cm long, bearing 2 flowers; stigmas very long; |
| Fruits | acorn maturing in 2 years; cup rounded, with tomentose, oval, appressed scales; |
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Bark, twigs and |
black bark, furrowed, rough; twig 3 mm thick, sulcate, brown-red then brown-grey, with small prominent lenticels; bud conical, acute, pubescent, 3 mm long; |
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| Miscellaneous | --
A.Camus : tome 3, p. 259, n° 391; -- Sub-genus Quercus, section Lobatae, Series Erythromexicanae, Group Acutifoliae; -- |
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