Vasilis Teodoridis:
Fagaceae | Lithocarpus
113. Lithocarpus litseifolius (Hance) Chun; J. Arnold Arbor. 9: 152. 1928.
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Trees to 20 m tall; branchlets and petioles sometimes ± white farinose when dry. Petiole 1.5-2.5 cm; leaf blade elliptic; obovate-elliptic; ovate; or rarely narrowly elliptic; 8-18 x 3-8 cm; papery to subleathery; concolorous to ± glaucous abaxially; base cuneate to broadly so; margin entire; apex acuminate to acute; secondary veins 8-11 on each side of midvein; obscure near margin; tertiary veins abaxially slender; evident; lax; reddish to yellowish brown when dry. Male inflorescences in a panicle; rarely solitary; to 25 cm. Female and androgynous inflorescences usually 2-6 congested at apex of branches; spiciform; to 35 cm; rachis sparsely pubescent; cupules in clusters of 3-5. Infructescences to 30 cm; rachis slender; rarely over 5 mm thick. Cupule plate-shaped; 0.8-1.5 cm in diam.; covering base of nut; outside glabrous; wall 0.5-1 mm thick and woody basally; bracts imbricate but basal ones connate into concentric rings; triangular; appressed. Nut broadly conical; subglobose; or rarely depressed globose; 0.8-1.5 x 1.2-2 cm; glabrous or often ± white farinose; wall 0.2-0.5 mm thick; scar ca. 1.1 cm in diam.; concave. Fl. May-Sep; fr. Apr-Oct of following year.
Broad-leaved evergreen forests; dense forests; 500-2500 m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangxi; Sichuan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Laos; NE Myanmar; N Vietnam]
Specimens reported from China as the Indian Lithocarpus polystachyus (Wallich ex A. de Candolle) Rehder are referable to L. litseifolius var. litseifolius.