Pan India Bouquets

Quercus semecarpifolia Sm.

Family : Fagaceae
(Beech Family)
Family (Hindi name) : MORU FAMILY (मोरु फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Fagaceae
Synonym(s) : Quercus cassura Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Quercus obtusifolia D.Don
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Quercus semecarpifolia Sm.
Common name : Brown Oak
Vernacular name : Banjar, Kharsu (Hindi); Khasru (Nepali)
Habit : Shrub or tree
Habitat : Often forming dense xerophytic scrub on dry slopes under Blue pine, becoming arborescent in mixed broad-leaved forest; 2400 - 3200 m. altitude
Comments / notes : Wood used as fuel
Flower, Fruit : May-July
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Afghanistan, Bhutan, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Tibet, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : East Afghanistan to North Thailand
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 223; 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: 79
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Quercus semecarpifolia. Downloaded on 7 December 2023.