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
Female flowers.[3]
The trunk
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