Quercus semecarpifolia Sm.

 
  • Family : FAGACEAE
    (Beech Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : MORU FAMILY (मोरु फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Fagaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Quercus cassura Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Quercus obtusifolia D.Don
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Quercus semecarpifolia Sm.
  • Common name : Brown Oak
  • Vernacular name :
    • Banjar, Kharsu (Hindi)
    • Khasru (Nepali)
  • Habit : Shrub or tree
  • Habitat : Often forming dense xerophytic scrub on dry slopes under Blue pine, becoming arborescent in mixed broad-leaved forest; 2400 - 3200 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Wood used as fuel
  • Key identification features : Large trees, 3-8 m high; young branches tomentose; Leaves elliptic-oblong or obovate, sub-obtuse, serrate, rusty tomentose beneath; Flowers in axillary, softly ciliate spikes; Nuts globose or ovoid, glabrous brown.
  • Flower, Fruit : May-July
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : WLS
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Tibet
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Tibet
  • 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: 79
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 433
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Quercus semecarpifolia. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

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