Castanopsis hypophoenicea
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Description
Tree, 12-30 m by 10-60 cm ø;
Branchlets initially densely set with yellowish brown stellate and simple tomentum, later subglabrous, smooth or finely fissured, or sparsely lenticellate;
Leaves thin-coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, (6-) 10-15(-19) by (2½-)4-5(-7) cm, entire, dis-colorous, above glabrous except the midrib and veins, dull or glossy, greyish green or chocolate brown, underneath with a dense cover of yellowish brown, adpressed stellate hairs and simple long hairs;
Stipules ovate-acute, 3-5 mm.
Fruit solitary, ovoid-ellipsoid, 4-6 by 3-5 cm, wall woody, rugose, 3-7 mm thick, completely adnate to the cupule;