Quercus acutissima Carruth.

 
  • Family : FAGACEAE
    (Beech Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : MORU FAMILY (मोरु फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Fagaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Quercus acutissima var. depressinucata H.Wei Jen & R.Q.Gao; Quercus acutissima var. macrocarpa X.W.Li & Y.Q.Zhu; Quercus bombyx K.Koch; Quercus lunglingensis Hu; Quercus uchiyamana Nakai
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Quercus acutissima Carruth.
  • Common name : Sawtooth oak
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Cool broad-leaved forest; 2000 - 2500 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Deciduous trees; Leaves oblong-Ianceolate, spinulose toothed; Male flowers in long, tomentose spikes; female flowers clustered; Nuts globose or oblong.
  • Flower, Fruit : March-October
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Japan, Korea, Laos, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Japan, Korea, Laos, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 222
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 1. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 78
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 431
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Quercus acutissima. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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