Vasilis Teodoridis:
Fagaceae | Cyclobalanopsis
13. Cyclobalanopsis chungii (F. P. Metcalf) Y. C. Hsu & H. W. Jen ex Q. F. Zheng; Fl. Fujian. 1: 405. 1982.
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Quercus chungii F. P. Metcalf; Lingnan. Sci. J. 10: 481. 1931.
Trees to 15 m tall. Branchlets densely brown velutinous; glabrescent. Petiole (0.5-)1-2 cm; grayish brown velutinous; leaf blade elliptic to rarely obovate-elliptic; 6-10(-12) x 1.5-4 cm; subleathery; abaxially densely grayish brown stellate tomentose (hairs 8-10-forked); base broadly cuneate to subrounded; margin serrulate toward apex or rarely entire but not recurved; apex acute to somewhat caudate; midvein and secondary veins abaxially prominent; adaxially flat; secondary veins 10-15 on each side of midvein; abaxially raised; tertiary veins abaxially conspicuous. Female inflorescences 1.5-2 cm; rachis and bracts densely brown tomentose; cupules 2-6. Infructescences 1.5-3 cm. Cupule saucer-shaped; 5-8 mm x 1.5-2.3 cm; covering base of nut; outside and inside grayish brown tomentose; wall ca. 2 mm thick; bracts in 6 or 7 rings; margin of basal 2 denticulate; others entire. Nut oblate; ca. 1.5 x 1.4-1.7 cm; velutinous; apex rounded; scar ca. 1 cm in diam.; flat or depressed.
* Broad-leaved evergreen forests on mountain slopes and in valleys; 200-800 m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Hunan; Jiangxi