Castanopsis lanceifolia

Castanopsis lanceifolia (Oerst.) Hickel & A.Camus, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 68: 394 1922. (syn: Castanea lanceifolia (Oerst.) Kurz; Castanopsis kurzii (Hance) S.N.Biswas; Castanopsis lanceifolia (Kurz) Kurz; Castanopsis roxburghiana S.N.Biswas [Illegitimate]; Pasania lanceifolia Oerst.; Quercus kurzii Hance; Quercus lanceifolia Roxb. [Illegitimate]; Quercus tema Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. [Invalid]; Synaedrys lanceifolia Koidz.);
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Nepal to Indo-China as per WCSP;
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Assam; Bangladesh; East Himalaya; Myanmar; Nepal; Thailand; Vietnam as per Catalogue of Life;
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Tree with areca nut like fruit : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (7)

Location Laluk Karunabari North Lakhimpur Assam
It is a tree and it’s fruit looks like areca nut
Please identify

I think Lithocarpus sp.

Thank you …
There are two Lithocarpus species in flora of China, both of which may be available in the region Arunachal Pradesh and Assam: Lithocarpus fenestratus and Lithocarpus pachyphyllus.
How can I identify the exact species ?

Castanopsis lanceifolia ?

Appears close to images at
http://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration=50582 as suggested by …

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Request ID of a small tree from Meghalaya : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) – 1 mb, 1 mb and 2 mb each.

Request Id of a small wild tree.

Location: Mawsynram, Meghalaya

Alt: about 1300m appx.

Tree height: appx 7m

Only fruiting seen; no flowers.

Please check Castanopsis lanceifolia

To me also appear close to images at Castanopsis lanceifolia (Oerst.) Hickel & A.Camus

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for identification : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)- around 700 kb each.
I have seen this nuts tree first time at Doldoli Reserved Forest, Karbi Anglong (Assam) Please help me to identify it.

Please check Castanopsus lanceifolia

Looks Lithocarpus sp.
Family – Fagaceae

Thanks, …, for the id.
Yes. appears close to images and references at Castanopsis lanceifolia (Oerst.) Hickel & A.Camus

Castanopsis tribuloides (Sm.) A.DC.: 5 very high res. images.

Location: Jalthal, Jhapa, East Nepal

Date: 01 January 2023

Elevation: 97 m.
Habitat: Wild

It’s castanopsis lanceifolia.

Yes, appears so as per GBIF specimen.

Nepali Names: औले कटुस Aule Katus/ पातले Paatale

References:
Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 WCSP POWO India Biodiversity Portal IBIS Flora Plant illustrations

Updated on December 24, 2024

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