Lithocarpus elegans (Blume) Hatus. ex Soepadmo

 
  • Family : FAGACEAE
    (Beech Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : MORU FAMILY (मोरु फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Fagaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Arcaula spicata Raf.; Lithocarpus collettii (King ex Hook.f.) A.Camus; Lithocarpus elegans var. collettii (King ex Hook.f.) H.B.Naithani & S.N.Biswas; Lithocarpus finetii (Hickel & A.Camus) A.Camus; Lithocarpus gelinicus C.C.Huang & Y.T.Chang; Lithocarpus grandifolius (D.Don) S.N.Biswas; Lithocarpus intermedius Barnett; Lithocarpus microcalyx (Korth.) A.Camus; Lithocarpus rhioensis (Hance) A.Camus; Lithocarpus spicatus Rehder & E.H.Wilson; Pasania finetii Hickel & A.Camus; Pasania glaberrima (Blume) Saporta; Pasania mixta (A.DC.) Oerst.; Pasania placentaria (Blume) Oerst.; Pasania pseudomolucca (Morales ex A.DC.) Oerst.; Pasania spicata Oerst.; Quercus anceps Korth.; Quercus arcola Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Quercus depressa Blume; Quercus elegans Blume; Quercus glaberrima Blume; Quercus gracilipes Miq.; Quercus grandifolia D.Don; Quercus microcalyx Korth.; Quercus mixta A.DC.; Quercus placentaria Blume; Quercus pseudomolucca Morales ex A.DC.; Quercus racemosa Jack; Quercus rhioensis Hance; Quercus sphacelata Blume; Quercus spicata Sm.; Quercus spicata var. gracilipes (Miq.) A.DC.; Quercus spicata f. gracilipes (Miq.) Miq.; Quercus squamata Roxb.; Synaedrys pseudomolucca (Morales ex A.DC.) Koidz.; Synaedrys spicata Koidz.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lithocarpus elegans (Blume) Hatus. ex Soepadmo
  • Common name : Spike Oak
  • Vernacular name :
    • Tenli-sakho (Assamese)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Primary Rainforest, Freshwater Swamp Forest
  • Key identification features : It is a tree up to about 30 m tall. Its greyish brown bark is deeply fissured and covered with lenticels. Its hairless fruits are ovoid-conical to depressed ovoid-globose, and 1.5–2 cm long. Its cup- to saucer-shaped cupules are 0.5–1 cm long, and densely covered with dull brownish yellow hair. The cupules may or may not be stalked.
  • Flower, Fruit : April- June
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : West Bengal
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Critically Endangered (CR)
  • Literature :
    • Photographs of Dr. A.J.T. Johnsingh
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 429-430
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Lithocarpus elegans. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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