Vasilis Teodoridis:
Fagaceae | Castanopsis
24. Castanopsis jianfenglingensis Duanmu in W. C. Cheng et al.; Sci. Silvae. 8: 187. 1963.
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Trees ca. 20 m tall; branchlets and young leaf blades abaxially covered with simple or stellate hairs. Petiole 2.5-3.5 cm; very short when young; leaf blade ovate-elliptic; oblong; or rarely broadly ovate; 12-24 x 5-8 cm; thickly papery; concolorous; base broadly cuneate and often slightly inaequilateral; margin entire or rarely subcrenate from middle to apex; apex caudate; midvein adaxially slightly impressed or rarely flat to slightly raised from base to middle; secondary veins 12-14 on each side of midvein. Infructescences 5-15 cm; rachis 2-3 mm thick. Cupule subglobose; 2-3 cm in diam.; wall 1-2 mm thick; bracts spinelike; 3-6 mm; free but usually some in bundles. Nut ellipsoid; 1.2-2 cm; densely rust-colored pubescent; scar basal; 8-10 mm in diam. Fr. Oct-Nov.
* Broad-leaved evergreen forests; 500-800 m. SW Hainan (Dongfang Xian)