Quercus urbani
Trel.
FagaceaeSeeds/Nuts
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Nut ?
The nuts are potentially edible.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Mexico, North America,
Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent
How to Identify
A deciduous oak tree native to western and central Mexico, reaching up to 10 metres tall with a trunk diameter of up to 30 centimetres. It has thick, leathery, broadly egg-shaped leaves up to 30 cm long with pointed teeth along the edges.
References (1)
- Casas, A., et al, 1996, Plant Management Among the Nahua and the Mixtec in the Balsas River Basin, Mexico: An Ethnobotanical Approach to the Study of Plant Domestication. Human Ecology, Vol. 24, No. 4 pp. 455-478
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