Quercus salicina

Quercus salicina is an oak species found in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.

Quercus salicina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Species:
Q. salicina
Binomial name
Quercus salicina
Synonyms
  • Cyclobalanopsis angustissima (Makino) Kudô & Masam.
  • Cyclobalanopsis salicina (Blume) Oerst.
  • Cyclobalanopsis salicina f. angustata (Nakai) Honda
  • Cyclobalanopsis salicina f. latifolia (Nakai) Honda
  • Cyclobalanopsis salicina var. stenophylla (Blume) Honda
  • Cyclobalanopsis stenophylla (Blume) Schottky
  • Cyclobalanopsis stenophylla var. angustata (Nakai) Nakai
  • Quercus angustissima Makino
  • Quercus glauca var. salicina (Blume) Menitsky
  • Quercus glauca var. stenophylla Blume
  • Quercus salicina f. angustata (Nakai) H.Ohba
  • Quercus salicina f. latifolia (Nakai) H.Ohba
  • Quercus salicina var. stenophylla (Blume) Hatus.
  • Quercus stenophylla (Blume) Makino
  • Quercus stenophylla var. angustata Nakai
  • Quercus stenophylla var. latifolia Nakai
  • Quercus stenophylla var. salicina Makino

The larvae of the Japanese oakblue (Arhopala japonica), of Acrocercops vallata and Marumba sperchius feed on Q. salicina.

Stenophyllanin A, a tannin,[1] and other quinic acid gallates[2] can be found in Q. salicina. The triterpene friedelin can also be isolated from the leaves of the tree.[3]

References
  1. Nonaka, Gen-Ichiro; Nishimura, Hiroaki; Nishioka, Itsuo (1985). "Tannins and related compounds. Part 26. Isolation and structures of stenophyllanins A, B, and C, novel tannins from Quercus stenophylla". Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1: 163–172. doi:10.1039/P19850000163.
  2. Nishimura, Hiroaki; Nonaka, Gen-Ichiro; Nishioka, Itsuo (1984). "Seven quinic acid gallates from quercus stenophylla". Phytochemistry. 23 (11): 2621–2623. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)84112-6.
  3. Onishi, Y; Hanaoka, M (1968). "Studies on the chemical components of Quercus stenophylla Makino. I. Isolation of friedelin from the leaves of Quercus stenophylla Makino". Yakugaku Zasshi (in Japanese). 88 (9): 1244–1245. PMID 5751298.


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