- Family : FAGACEAE
(Beech Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : MORU FAMILY (मोरु फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Fagaceae
- Synonym(s) : Balanoplis tribuloides Raf.; Castanea microcarpa Lindl. ex Wall.; Castanea tribuloides (Sm.) Lindl.; Quercus acuta Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Quercus armata D.Don; Quercus loureiroi Hance; Quercus tribuloides Sm.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Castanopsis tribuloides (Sm.) A.DC.
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Warm broad-leaved forest; 1200 - 2400 m. altitude
- Key identification features : Evergreen trees, up to 25 m high; branches pubescent; Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, entire, serrate, coriaceous; Flowers in panicles, fascicles or tomentose spikes, often with short spines; Nuts ovoid, glabrous, solitary.
- Flower, Fruit : April-October
- Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- West Bengal : Northern West Bengal
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, 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: 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: 82
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 429
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Castanopsis tribuloides. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.
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