''Quercus bella'' is an uncommon species of oak tree. It is native to

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.Flora of China, ''Cyclobalanopsis bella'' (Chun & Tsiang) Chun ex Y. C. Hsu & H. W. Jen, 1993. 槟榔青冈 bing lang qing gang
/ref> It is placed in subgenus ''Cerris'', section ''Cyclobalanopsis''. ''Quercus bella'' is a tree up to 30 meters tall, with leaves as much as 15 cm long.Chun, Woon Young & Tsiang, Ying 1947. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 28(3): 326–327
description in Latin, commentary in English It grows in humid hill and mountain forests from 200 to 1,172 metres elevation.

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line drawings, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 4, fig. 386, drawings 1-4 at right

bella Bella is a feminine given name. It is a diminutive form of names ending in -bella. ''Bella'' is related to the Italian, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese and Latin words for beautiful, to the name Belle, meaning ''beautiful'' in French. It increased in ...

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