Phil Bendle Collection:Quercus serrata (Konara)

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta 
Superdivision: Spermatophyta 
Division: Magnoliophyta 
Class: Magnoliopsida 
Subclass: Hamamelididae
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae 
Genus: Quercus 
Species: Quercus serrata
Common name: Konara, bao li

Quercus serrata is an East Asian species of trees in the beech family. It is native to China (including Taiwan), Japan, and Korea.
Quercus serrata is a deciduous oak tree reaching a height of 25 m occupying elevations from 100 to 2000 m.
Leaves are up to 17 cm long by 9 cm wide, leathery, elliptical in shape, with serrated margins. Leaves are densely covered with trichomes when young becoming glabrous with age. Petioles are short (3 cm).
Flowers are pistillate inflorescences from 1.5 to 3 cm long. Seeds are oval shaped acorns 1.7 to 2 cm long and take 1 year to mature.
A cup with trichomes and triangularly shaped scales cover 1/4 to 1/3 of the acorn.
The bark is grey or reddish-brown with longitudinal furrows.

Quercus serrata is an oak of the John Goodwin Collection Te Henui.   January. Lat 39 3'36.674" S  Long 174 5'36.563" E   Datum WGS  84. October,

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New leaves early October

Male flowers

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Female flowers.[3]

The trunk
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