Quercus lanata Sm. in A.Rees

India, Myanmar, China, Nepal, Vietnam, Borneo, North Pakistan; 1300-3000 m; introduced in Europe in 1818;

4-18 m tall (may reach 30 m); twisting trunk;

10-20 x 3-9 cm; evergreen; coriaceous; oblong to elliptic-lanceolate; twice or three times as long as wide; apex obtuse, more or less attenuate; base rounded or broadly conical; margin entire or slightly toothed in apical 1/2 or 2/3; young leaves woolly tomentose both sides; mature leaves adaxially hairless, dark green, shiny; rusty white tomentose beneath, becoming dirty grey at the end of the growth season; 9-13 straight, parallel veins pairs, slightly raised beneath, at an angle of 35-38° with midrib; petiole 6-25 mm, grey brown tomentose, becoming glabrous;

in April-May; male catkin 3-8 cm long, tomentose; pistillate inflorescences 1-2 cm long, 3-8 flowered;

acorn 1.1-1.3 cm long, 0.9-1.2 cm wide; ellipsoid-ovoid, mucronate, apex acute; glabrous; singly or paired on a hairy rachis; enclosed 1/3 to 1/2 by cup; cup sessile, 1 cm in diameter; with small, triangular, appressed scales; maturing in December-January, 8 months from the time the female flower is pollinated;

– A. Camus : tome 2, p. 26, n° 135; – Sub-genus Cerris, Section Ilex; – “lanuginosa” is a term frequently used by Authors, so it is better not to use it, in order to avoid confusions ! - Q. lanuginosa Franchet 1899 nom. illeg. = Q. franchetii - Q. lanuginosa (Lam.)Thuill.1799 nom. illeg. = Q. pubescens - Q. lanuginosa Beck 1890 nom. illeg. = Q. robur (sic !) - Q. lanuginosa sensu Lam. 1778 nom. illeg. = Q. cerris L. 1753 - Q. lanuginosa D.Don 1825 nom. illeg. = Q. lanata