Quercus lanata Sm.

 
  • Family : FAGACEAE
    (Beech Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : MORU FAMILY (मोरु फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Fagaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Quercus banga Ham. ex Hook.f.; Quercus banga Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Quercus lanuginosa D.Don; Quercus nepaulensis Desf.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Quercus lanata Sm.
  • Common name : Woolly-leaved oak
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Warm broad-leaved forest; 1500 - 2200 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Trees, 10-15 m high, rusty tomentose; Leaves oblong-Ianceolate, serrate, acuminate, coriaceous; Flowers in densely woolly clustered spikes; Fruits oblong, brownish, glabrous, bracts adpressed.
  • Flower, Fruit : July- December
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : WLS
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Tawang
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : China, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : China, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tibet, 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: 223
    • 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: 432-433
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Quercus lanata. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

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