Lithocarpus mindanaensis

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Lithocarpus mindanaensis

Description

Small tree, c. 10 cm ø; Branchlets initially densely yellowish to fulvous tomentose by stellate hairs, later glabrous, greyish to dark brown, with sparse minute lenticels; Inflorescence male or androgynous, densely yellowish to fulvous stellate-hairy;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines present), Leyte present, Mindanao present
Malesia: Philippines (Mindanao, common, Leyte, scattered).

Notes

ELMER 11922, the only specimen cited by ELMER (1910) when he proposed the new name Quercus mindanaensis for Quercus acuminatissima MERR., non A. DC, belongs to L. caudatifolius.

Citation

A. CAMUS 1954: p. 1110. – In: Chênes. t.
SOEPADMO 1970 – In: Reinwardtia. p 261
Merr. 1923 – In: En. Philip. p 27
Merr. 1923 – In: En. Philip. p 28