Quercus edithiae
Species of oak tree
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Quercus edithiae is a species of tree in the family Fagaceae and the "ring-cupped oak" sub-genus. It is native to Vietnam and southern China (Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hainan) and Hong Kong.[3] In Vietnam it is called sồi editha. It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis.[4]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Quercus |
| Subgenus: | Quercus subg. Cerris |
| Section: | Quercus sect. Cyclobalanopsis |
| Species: | Q. edithiae |
| Binomial name | |
| Quercus edithiae Skan (1900) | |
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Quercus edithiae is a tree up to 20 m. tall with hairless twigs. The leathery leaves are glabrous, oblong-elliptic to obovate, 50-160 × 20–60 mm, with a 20–30 mm petiole. The acorn is ellipsoid to cylindric-ellipsoid, 30-45 × 20–30 mm, with a scar approx. 7 mm in diameter.[3][5]