''Quercus salicina'' is an oak species found in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. It is placed in subgenus ''Cerris'', section ''Cyclobalanopsis''. The larvae of the Japanese oakblue (''

Arhopala japonica ''Arhopala japonica'', the Japanese oakblue, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Indochina, Japan, the Ryukyu Islands The , also known as the or the , are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest fr ...

''), of '' Acrocercops vallata'' and ''

Marumba sperchius ''Marumba sperchius'' is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Édouard Ménétries in 1857. Distribution It is found from north-western and north-eastern India, south-western, central and eastern China to the southern ...

'' feed on ''Q. salicina''.

Stenophyllanin A Stenophyllanin A is an ellagitannin image:Castalagin.svg, 130px, Castalagin is a representative ellagitannin, characterized by coupled gallic acid substituents The ellagitannins are a diverse class of hydrolyzable tannins, a type of polyphenol for ...

, a tannin, and other quinic acid gallates can be found in ''Q. salicina''. The triterpene

friedelin Friedelin is a triterpenoid chemical compound found in ''Azima tetracantha'', ''Orostachys japonica'', and '' Quercus stenophylla''. Friedelin is also found in the roots of the ''Cannabis ''Cannabis'' () is a genus of flowering plants in t ...

can also be isolated from the leaves of the tree.

References

salicina Plants described in 1910 Trees of Japan Trees of South Korea Trees of Taiwan {{Quercus-stub