Quercus serrata
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Quercus |
| Species: | Q. serrata |
| Binomial name | |
| Quercus serrata Murray 1784 not Roxb. 1832 nor Siebold & Zucc. 1846 nor Thunb. 1784[1] | |
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Quercus serrata (Chinese: 枹栎; pinyin: bāolì) is an East Asian species of tree in the beech family. It is native to southern, central, and eastern China, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea.[3][4]
Description
Quercus serrata is a deciduous oak tree reaching a height of 25 metres (82 ft) occupying elevations from 100–2,000 metres (330–6,560 ft). Leaves are up to 17 centimetres (6.7 in) long by 9 centimetres (3.5 in) wide, leathery, elliptical in shape, with serrated margins. Leaves are densely covered with trichomes when young becoming glabrous with age. Petioles are short (3 cm). Flowers are pistillate inflorescences from 1.5–3 centimetres (0.59–1.18 in) long occurring in March to April. Seeds are oval shaped acorns 1.7–2 centimetres (0.67–0.79 in) long and take 1 year to mature. A cup with trichomes and triangular shaped scales covers 1/4 to 1/3 of the acorn. Bark is grey or reddish-brown with longitudinal furrows.[3]
The plant frequently attracts stinkbugs who lay their eggs inside them.[5]
In Japanese, the species is called 小楢 konara.[6]
References
- ↑ Tropicos, Quercus serrata
- ↑ The Plant List, Quercus serrata subsp. serrata
- 1 2 Flora of China, Quercus serrata Murray, 1784. 枹栎 bao li
- ↑ International Oak Society - Report from the Oak ICRA checklist (Quercus serrata)
- ↑ "Biological roles of symbiont-supplemented egg-covering jelly of urostylidid stinkbugs". Phys.org. 2014-11-05. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
- ↑ Makino Tomitaro. 2016. Makino Nihon Shokubutsu Zuroku. Student edition. Tokyo: Hokuryukan.