Quercus polymorpha Schltdl. and Cham.
Semi-evergreen tree with grey to brown bark, rounded leaves, serrate towards the tips, acorns usually 1 or 2, pedunculated. To 20m.
Horticultural & Botanical History
‘Veracruz, Nuevo Leon, and San Luis PotosI; type locality, near Jalapa. Veracruz. Said to be the chief component of the forest on the Uaxac Canal, Guatemala.
Medium-sized deciduous tree with rather slender glabrous twigs and somewhat hairy buds 4 mm. in diameter and 6 mm. long; leaves rather large (3 to 6 cm. wide. 7 to 13 cm. long), lightly glaucous and sometimes rusty-woolly beneath, ovate-lanceolate or elliptic, obtuse, often subcordate, slender-petioled, entire or crenately few-toothed at end ; acorn oblong, about 10 mm. in diameter and 20 mm. long, half included, the rounded cup with acute appressed scales.’ [Contributions from the United States National Herbarium vol.23, Standley – Trees and Shrubs of Mexico, p.181/1920-26].
History at Camden Park
Listed in the 1850 and 1857 catalogues [T.807/1850]. Obtained from Kew Gardens, brought out from England by Captain P. P. King in 1849. Regarded by Macarthur as new to the colony. [ML A1980-3].
Notes
Quercus petiolaris Boiss. and Reut. (1853) = Quercus lusitanica Lam. This is not Macarthur’s plant.
Published Feb 03, 2010 - 04:14 PM | Last updated Feb 03, 2010 - 04:18 PM
| Family | Fagaceae |
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| Category | |
| Region of origin | Mexico |
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| Common Name | Mexican white oak, Net-leaf white oak, Monteray oak |
| Name in the Camden Park Record |
Quercus petiolaris |
| Confidence level | high |