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Quercus libani Olivier 1801
Fagaceae (APG IV)
Lebanon oak
Akzessionnummer: EG-A-023-17172
Pflanzjahr: 1974
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Quercus libani Olivier
Fagaceae
Quercus libani Olivier
Fagaceae
Taxon concept: The Plant List (2014), version 1.1
Distribution: Turkey, Syria, Iran, Iraq
Quercus libani Olivier - Accepted: Quercus libani Olivier bei Zander 2008; Familie: Fagaceae (Zander 2008)
Quercus libani Olivier - Accepted: Quercus libani Olivier bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Fagaceae (APG III)
Quercus libani Olivier - Accepted: Quercus libani Olivier bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Fagaceae (APG III)
- Flowers
- monoecious
- Flower ecology
- wind-pollinated (anemophilous)
- Life form
- tree
- Foliage persistence
- semi-evergreen
- Fruits
- seed (acorn) is green with a spiny cupule and 2.5 cm in diameter; acorns are very bitter due to high concentrations of tannins
- Fruit ecology
- gravity-dispersed (barochorous) and animal-dispersed (zoochorous)
- Soil conditions
- prefers dry or moist soil
- Natural occurrence (habitat)
- Mediterranean, montanous (oro-Mediterranean) forests and scrub, cedar forests (Cedrus libani forests)
- Vegetation typ and synecology (plant community)
- warm-temperate broad-leaved evergreen sclerophylluous forests; in associations of the Querco-Cedretalia
- Usage
- A mulch of the leaves acts as a repellent (e.g. against slugs), any galls produced on the tree are strongly astringent and can be used in the treatment of haemorrhages, chronic diarrhoea, dysentery etc., the roasted seed is a coffee substitute; wood is very hard and resistant to insect and fungal attack and is used in construction works; ornamental tree in gardens, parks
Erhardt, W., Götz, E., Bödeker, N. & Seybold, S. (2008): Der große Zander. Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. Band 2. Arten und Sorten. Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart (Hohenheim), 18. Aufl., 2103 S.;
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;
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;
Last update:
Taxonomic update: Database method on: 4.3.2020Update of the description: Matthias Krause; latest by: Matthias Krause on: 13.2.2019
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