| Quercus saravanensis | |
| Author | A.Camus 1934 Chênes Atlas 1: 19 |
| Synonyms | Cyclobalanopsis saravanensis (A.Camus)
Hjelmquist 1968 Cyclobalanopsis kontumensis (A.Camus) Hsu & Wei Jen 1996 kontumensis A.Camus 1936 (Camus n° 66) |
| Local names | bao ye qing gang ; |
| Range | China
(Yunnan), Laos, Thailand, Vietnam ; 800-1700 m; |
| Growth habit | 25
m tall, but may reach 50 m tall, with trunk to 1 m in diameter; |
| Leaves | 10-14
x 2.5-4.5 cm; oval-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate; leathery; apex caudate;
base cuneate; margin entire, slightly wavy, sometimes with rare small
teeth near apex; both sides hairless; rich green above; grey green beneath;
midrib impressed above; (6-)9-12 inconspicuous vein pairs, at an angle
of 30-32° with midrib; |
| Flowers | |
| Fruits | acorn
1.5-2 cm in diameter, subglobose; hairless; mucronate; enclosed 1/4 by
cup; cup sessile, cyathiform, 1-2 mm thick, 1.5 cm long, 1.7 cm in diameter,
with 5-6 concentric rings with entire margin; scar 8 mm wide, convex;
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Bark, twigs and |
twigs slender, hairless, sulcate; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | not hardy; wet forests; |
| Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : tome 1, p. 301, n° 54 ; -- Sub-genus Cerris, Section Cyclobalanopsis; |
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