Vasilis Teodoridis:
Fagaceae | Cyclobalanopsis
35. Cyclobalanopsis bella (Chun & Tsiang) Chun ex Y. C. Hsu & H. W. Jen; J. Beijing Forest. Univ. 15(4): 45. 1993.
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Quercus bella Chun & Tsiang; J. Arnold Arbor. 28: 326. 1947.
Trees to 30 m tall. Branchlets subangular; pubescent; glabrescent. Petiole 1-2 cm; glabrous; leaf blade oblong-elliptic to lanceolate; 8-15 x 2-3.5 cm; subleathery; adnate pubescent when young; glabrescent and grayish green with age; base cuneate and slightly oblique; margin apical 1/2 serrate; apex acuminate; midvein and secondary veins adaxially flat; secondary veins ca. 12 on each side of midvein and abaxially raised; tertiary veins abaxially slender; evident. Female inflorescences 1-2 cm; cupules usually 2 or 3. Cupule discoid; ca. 5 mm x 2.5-3 cm; covering base of nut; outside pale grayish brown puberulent and glabrescent; inside pale orangish brown sericeous; wall ca. 1 mm thick; bracts in 6-8 rings; margin irregularly denticulate. Nut oblate; 1.5-2 x 2.2-3 cm; pubescent when young; glabrescent; scar 1-1.4 cm in diam.; depressed; stylopodium persistent; to 3 mm. Fl. Feb-Apr; fr. Oct-Dec.
* Wet forests in mountains and hills; 200-700 m. Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan