| Quercus kingiana | |
| Author | Craib 1911 Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 472 |
| Synonyms | |
| Local names | lan cang li ; |
| Range | Yunnan; North
Thailand; Myanmar; 750-1600 m; |
| Growth habit | 9-12 m tall;
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| Leaves | 6-17 x 3-7 cm;
evergreen; leathery; oblong or oboval-oblong, or subelliptic or oval;
asymmetrical; apex pointed attenuate; base rounded asymmetric; margin
entire near base, coarsely dentate from middle to apex; almost concolor;
glabrous above, slightly tomentose with stellate hairs beneath; 10-11
vein pairs slightly raised beneath, at an angle of 50-52° with midrib;
tertiary veins evident underneath; petiole 1.5-2 cm, densely yellowish
brown tomentose; |
| Flowers | male and pistillate inflorescences hairy; 4 stigmas, thick and sessile; |
| Fruits | acorn subglobose, mucronate, silky at apex, 1.8-2 cm long, 1.5-2 cm in diameter; cup subsessile, enclosing almost all of nut, campanulate, thick, scaly, 1.7-2 cm in diameter; ripe in 1 years; |
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Bark, twigs and |
twig
densely hairy at first, becoming glabrous, lenticellate; stipules linear
or oblanceolate, silky, 1 cm long; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | not
hardy; mixed forests; |
| Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : tome 2, p. 32, n° 138; -- Sub-genus Cerris, Section Ilex; -- Threatened (IUCN Red List Category : EN). -- Related to Q.lanata; |
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