Lithocarpus pachyphyllus

(Kurz.) Rehd.

Thick-leaved oak

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Seeds

The seeds (nuts) are eaten.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant. It grows in broad-leaved evergreen forests between 800-2,000 m above sea level in Tibet and southern China. In Yunnan.

Asia, Bhutan, Britain, China, Europe, Himalayas, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeastern India, SE Asia, Sikkim, Tibet,

Countries: Andorra, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, Belarus, Switzerland, China, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Georgia, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Iceland, Italy, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Malta, Maldives, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Singapore, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A tree. It grows 25 m tall. The young branches have rusty scales. The leaf blade is narrowly oval and 10-20 cm long and 4-7 cm wide. It is dark red underneath when young. Male and female flowers are separate. Male flowers occur singly in the axils of leaves. Female flowers are in groups of 2 or 3 and 15 cm long. The seed is in a cup shaped structure up to 2.5 cm long by 5 cm wide. The nut is a flattened round shape and 2 cm long by 3 cm wide.

Notes

There are about 600 Quercus species.

Names & Synonyms

Bante, Bantey, Gante, Srikung, Sungure katus, Thil

Quercus pachyphylla Kurz.and others

References (3)

Ambasta S.P. (Ed.), 2000, The Useful Plants of India. CSIR India. p 333
Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/ (As Quercus pachyphylla)
Sharma, G., et al, 2016, Agrobiodiversity in the Sikkim Himalaya. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, ICIMOD Working Paper 2016/5 (As Quercus pachyphylla)

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