Lithocarpus glaber

Lithocarpus glaber, the Japanese oak, is a tree species in the family Fagaceae found in central and southern Japan, southern China, and Taiwan.^[2] Mitami Shrine, a Shinto shrine in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, is famous locally for its comparatively large population of Lithocarpus glaber, known as Shiribukagashi (尻深樫 シリブカガシ). In China, it is called ke (柯). In Cantonese, it is called Seklik (石櫟).

Clade:Tracheophytes

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Eudicots

Clade:Rosids

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Lithocarpus glaber
Lithocarpus glaber illustration in Flora Japonica, Sectio Prima (Tafelband)
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Lithocarpus
Species:	L. glaber
Binomial name
Lithocarpus glaber (Thunb.) Nakai
Synonyms[2]
Kuromatea glabra (Thunb.) Kudô Lithocarpus inversus (Lindl. & Paxton) Nakai Lithocarpus thalassicus (Hance) Rehder Pasania glabra (Thunb.) Oerst. Pasania glabra f. microphylla Hayashi Pasania sieboldiana (Blume) Nakai Pasania thalassica (Hance) Oerst. Quercus acuta Siebold ex Blume Quercus glabra Thunb. (1784) Quercus glabra Bürger ex Blume (1851), nom. illeg. homonym. post. Quercus inversa Lindl. & Paxton Quercus reversa Benth. Quercus sieboldiana Blume Quercus thalassica Hance Quercus thalassica var. obtusiglans Dunn Synaedrys glabra (Thunb.) Koidz. Synaedrys thalassica (Hance) Koidz.

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Condensed tannins from L. glaber leaves have been analysed through acid-catalyzed degradation in the presence of cysteamine and have a potent free radical scavenging activity.^[3]

The species was first described as Quercus glabra by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1784. In 1916 Takenoshin Nakai placed the species in genus Lithocarpus as L. glaber.^[2]