Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Quercus glauca Thunb.
Common name : Glaucous Oak, Ring-cupped Oak, Japanese Blue Oak
Vernacular name : Banni, Barin (Hindi); Falaat (Nepali); Hrumhriau (Mizo)
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Warm broad-leaved forest; 1100 - 2100 m. altitude
Comments / notes : Not gregarious; sometimes cultivated.
Flower, Fruit : March-April
Distribution :
Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Sikkim : Sikkim
Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Japan, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Himalaya to Japan
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 222; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 1. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 76