Lithocarpus dealbatus
Fagaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Lithocarpus dealbatus

Lithocarpus dealbatus

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Lithocarpus dealbatus is an evergreen tree that can sometimes reach a height of 30 metres, but is usually smaller. The straight bole can be 45 - 100cm in diameter[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 443 Title Biotik, Laos Publication Author Website http://biotik.org/species_list_laos.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Information on more than 100 species of Laotian trees. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of wood. Lithocarpus dealbatus has a very wide distribution, large population, is not currently experiencing any major threats and no significant future threats have been identified. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2019)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeE. Asia - China, northern India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.
HabitatDeciduous dipterocarp forest, mixed deciduous forest, oak-pine forest, lower montane forest, at elevations from 700 - 1,600 metres, but usually below 1,200 metres in Thailand[ 940 Title Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) No. 34 Publication Author Thawatchai Santisuk (Editor) Publisher The Forest Herbarium (BKF); Chatuchak, Bangkok. Year 2006 ISBN 0495-3843 Description A botanical journal, publishing papers on taxonomy (especially vascular plants), nomenclature, phylogeny, systematics, plant geography, and floristics; also morphology, palynology, cytotaxonomy, chemotaxonomy, anatomy and other relevant disciplines. ].