Quercus griffithii Hook.f. & Thomson

India, (NE and Sikkim); China (Guizhou, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan); Laos; Vietnam; Myanmar; North Thailand; Sri Lanka; 700 m to 3200 m;

usually 4-8 m, hardly more;

10-20 x 4-10 cm; leathery; obovate to obovate-oblong; apex pointed or shortly acuminate; base narrowly rounded or sub-cordate, or cuneate ; coarsely toothed (8-15 pairs of teeth); glabrous, shiny dark green above; light green, remotely shortly stellate tomentose beneath; 12-18 evident, parallel vein pairs, at an angle of 42° with midrib; petiole pubescent 5-10 mm long, thick;

male yellowish, on drooping catkins 5-12 cm long, with 8-12 stamens; female crowded at end of twigs;

acorn 1.2-1.4 cm long, 0.8-1.2 cm wide; nearly stalkless; mucronate, glabrous, in groups from 1 to 3; narrow, convex basal scar; enclosed 1/3 or 1/2 by cup; cup scaly, half-round, 1.4 cm in diameter, scales pubescent, brownish grey, slightly appressed; maturing in 1 year;

said to be hardy zone 6, but usually suffers in winter; all types of soils; rather fast growing;

– A.Camus : tome 2, p. 123, n° 143; – Sub-genus Quercus, Section Quercus, Series Roburoid; – Closely related to Q.aliena var. acutiserrata ; (synonym for some Authors…)