Lithocarpus mindanaensis (Elmer) Rehder

11841. Quercus tasystachya Miq. Medium sised tree,
on it««f v^itA slope« along a dry ridg* *t 4000 feet of
mount Burebid; stem straight, branched mostly near the
top, 46 feet high, 2 feet thick, or smaller* brmnchlets
*nd twig« ascending, the latter yellowish brown; wood
brownish white toward the eenter, im hard# odorless and
tasteless; bark yellowish fcrown, more or leas covered with
wart-like excrescences; branches forming a flatiish crown;
leaves mostly horisontally spreading, quite fffrfr
or shallowly curved on the upper dull afchy green surface,
tips slightly recurved, conspicuously yellowish brown
beneath espeelally along the nerves; inflorescence ascend-
ing, similarly colored; the whitish flowers strongly "oak-
scented"; acorn dark green* %nd somewhat glaucous, flattie
ovoid, tapering to a sharp point| Jie«s than 1/2 Inch long;
cup shallow, rather thin, purpurasc
September» 1909*
Flora Malesiana
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