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Lithocarpus elegans
Lithocarpus elegans is a tree in the beech family Fagaceae. The specific epithet elegans is from the Latin meaning "elegant", referring to the acorns and cupules.
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Description
Lithocarpus elegans grows as a tree up to 30 m (100 ft) tall with a trunk diameter of up to 70 cm (30 in). The greyish brown bark is fissured or lenticellate. The coriaceous leaves measure up to 17 cm (7 in) long. Its edible brown acorns are ovoid to roundish and measure up to 2.5 cm (1 in) across.
Range & habitat
Lithocarpus elegans is native to the eastern Indian subcontinent (Bangladesh, northeastern India, Bhutan and Nepal), Indo-China, and western and central Malesia (Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, and Sulawesi). Its habitat is dipterocarp to lower montane forests up to 1,500 m (5,000 ft) elevation.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 425701.