Quercus mongolica

Mongolian oak
Mongolian oak
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Fagales
Family:Fagaceae
Genus:Quercus
Subgenus:Quercus subg. Quercus
Section:Quercus sect. Quercus
Species: Q. mongolica
Binomial name
Quercus mongolica
Synonyms[1]

Quercus mongolica, commonly known as Mongolian oak, is a species of oak native to Japan, southern Kuriles, Sakhalin, Manchuria, central and northern China, Korea, eastern Mongolia, and eastern Siberia. The species can grow to be 30 m tall.[2][3][4]

Foliage

The flavono-ellagitannins mongolicin A and B can be found in Quercus mongolica var. grosseserrata.[5]

References

  1. "Quercus mongolica Fisch. ex Ledeb.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew via The Plant List.
  2. Huang, Chengjiu; Zhang, Yongtian; Bartholomew, Bruce. "Quercus mongolica". Flora of China. 4. Retrieved 2 November 2012 via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  3. Ohwi, J. Flora of Japan, 1984. ISBN 978-0-87474-708-9
  4. Woody Plants of Japan, Vol. 1, 2000. ISBN 4-635-07003-4
  5. Tannins and related compounds. LXXI. Isolation and characterization of mongolicins A and B, novel flavono-ellagitannins from Quercus mongolica var. grosseserrata. Ishimaru K, Ishimatsu M, Nonaka G, Mihashi K, Iwase Y and Nishioka I, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 1988, volume 36, number 9, pages 3312–3318


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