Quercus lusitanica

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Gall Oak

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Quercus
Section:	Lepidobalanus
Species:	Q. lusitanica
Binomial name
*Quercus lusitanica* Lam.
Synonyms
Quercus fruticosa Brot.

Quercus lusitanica, commonly known as Gall Oak, Lusitanian Oak, or Dyer's Oak, is a species of oak native to Morocco, Portugal, and Spain. Q. lusitanica is the source of commercial nutgalls. These galls are produced by the infection from the insect Cynips gallae tinctoriae. They are used for dyeing.

Other names for the galls are Turkish gall, Galla tinctoria, Galla halepense, Galla levantica or Galla quercina,^[1] manjakani in Asia Minor or majuphal in India. In Tamil it is called 'maasikkaay' and is used by Tamils for more than 2000 years. ^{[citation needed]}

References

↑ "Q. lusitanica on www.henriettesherbal.com". Henriettesherbal.com. Retrieved 2012-01-05.

Quercus lustanica at the NPGS/GRIN database

Sources of tannins

Sources of
condensed tannins

Areca catechu seed
- arecatannins
Broad bean
- Vicia faba
Grape
- Vitis vinifera
Mimosa bark
- Acacia mollissima
Myrtan or black marlock
- Eucalyptus redunca
Quebracho wood

Sources of
hydrolysable tannins

Chestnut wood
Dhawa
- Anogeissus latifolia
Myrobalan fruit
- Terminalia chebula
Oak bark
Oak wood
Valonia oak
- Quercus macrolepis
Sumac
- Tanner's sumach leaves - Rhus coriaria or Chinese gall on Rhus chinensis
Tara pod
- Caesalpinia spinosa

Other sources

Barks	Acacias Alder Alnus sp Avaram Senna auriculata Babul Acacia nilotica Birch Betula sp Button mangrove Conocarpus erectus Hemlock Tsuga sp Larch Larix sp Mangrove Pine Pinus sp Spruce Picea sp Urunday Myracrodruon urundeuva Willow Salix caprea

Leaves	Badan Bergenia crassifolia Gambier Uncaria gambir Redoul Coriaria myrtifolia

Roots	Canaigre Rumex hymenosepalus Garouille Quercus coccifera Sea lavender Limonium sp

Woods	Cutch Senegalia catechu

Fruit	Divi-divi pod Caesalpinia coriaria Sant pod Acacia nilotica Teri pod Caesalpinia digyna

Galls	Gall oak Quercus lusitanica

Whole plant	Prosopis sp. bark and wood Prosopis humilis Prosopis nigra Tanoak Notholithocarpus Tizra heartwood and root Rhus pentaphylla

General

Tanbark

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