Distribution: Bangladesh, central and southeastern China, Himalaya, Japan, Korea, Taiwan
Size: 12 - 25 (m)
Quercus serrata Murray - Accepted: Quercus serrata Murray bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Fagaceae (APG III)Quercus glandulifera Blume - Synonym: Quercus serrata Murray bei Plants of the World Online; Familie: Fagaceae (APG III)Quercus glandulifera Blume - Accepted: Quercus glandulifera Blume bei not specified; Familie: Fagaceae (APG IV)
Flowers
monoecious
Flower ecology
wind-pollinated (anemophilous)
Life form
tree
Leaves
margin serrate and glanduliferous; petiole 0.3-3 cm long; lower surface (abaxially) pubescent with silky hairs
Foliage persistence
deciduous
Fruits
acorn with cupule, 1.7-2 cm long
Natural occurrence (habitat)
deciduous forests
Usage
the dried, ground seed can be used as a thickener for meals; the roasted seed can be applied as a coffee substitute
Bark
grey, vertically fissured bark
Altidudinal lower limit (sea level in m)
100
Altitudinal higher limit (sea level in m)
2,000
eFloras (2008): Flora of China. Published on the Internet http://www.efloras.org.; Kew Gardens and Collaborators (2017): Plants of the World Online. see: plantsoftheworldonline.org.; Oaks of the World (Accessed: 2019): Quercus glandulifera. See: http://oaks.of.the.world.free.fr/quercus_glandulifera.htm; Plants for a Future (1996-2012): PFAF. See: https://pfaf.org/; The International Plant Names Index (2009). Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org; Courtesy to IPNI, 2009. Exported from IPNI at date: 2009-09-22 20:17:51;
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Taxonomic update: Database method on: 4.3.2020Update of the description: Matthias Krause; latest by: Matthias Krause on: 6.5.2019In the list below you will find the geographic coordinates of many woody plants in the garden. In these cases the points are marked in the map. If no coordinates are listed, the coordinate of the point in the map marks the middle coordinate of the section.