Quercus Griffithii
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''Quercus griffithii'', called paisang, is a species of
oak An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' of the beech family. They have spirally arranged leaves, often with lobed edges, and a nut called an acorn, borne within a cup. The genus is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisp ...
native to the eastern
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, Tibet, south-central and southeast China, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam. It is in the subgenus ''Quercus'', section ''Quercus''. Some authorities feel that it could be a synonym of ''
Quercus aliena ''Quercus aliena'', the galcham oak or oriental white oak, is a species of oak in the family Fagaceae, in the white oak section ''Quercus''. Description It is a deciduous tree growing to tall with a trunk up to in diameter with fissured gray- ...
'' var. ''acutiserrata''. It is a
deciduous In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous () means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed Leaf, leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, aft ...
tree reaching with an oblong crown, typically found from above sea level. It is a locally important fuelwood and fodder species.


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q10933976 griffithii Flora of China Flora of the Indian subcontinent Flora of Indo-China Plants described in 1864