Lithocarpus obscurus C.C.Huang & Y.T.Chang

 
  • Family : FAGACEAE
    (Beech Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : MORU FAMILY (मोरु फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Fagaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Lithocarpus elegans var. brevipetiolatus (A.DC.) Hook.f.; Lithocarpus spicatus var. brevipetiolatus (A.DC.) Rehder & E.H.Wilson; Pasania spicata var. brevipetiolata (A.DC.) Hu; Quercus spicata var. brevipetiolata A.DC.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lithocarpus obscurus C.C.Huang & Y.T.Chang
  • Habit : Tree
  • Key identification features : Trees, up to 30m high, mostly glabrous except inflorescences; Branchlets blackish-brown when dry, sparsely lenticellate, lenticels slightly raised; Leaves 10–19 × 4–8 cm, papery, concolorous, without scale-like glands, base rounded to auriculate, sometimes obtuse, margin entire, apex acute to obtuse, petiole 3–7 mm long; Female inflorescence 10-35cm long, rachis puberulent, cupules arranged in clusters of 3-5; Infructescence up to 35cm long, rachis 0.8-1.4cm thick; Cupule: 6–8 mm × 1–1.5 cm, encloses less than half of the nut, dark grey, wall basally thickened, bracts imbricate, small, appressed, only the subulate apex visible; Nut broadly conical, 1–1.4 × 1.5–2 cm, scar concave.
  • Flower, Fruit : October-November
  • Distribution :
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
  • Native : Bangladesh, China, India, Tibet
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Assam to Bangladesh, Tibet, China (W. Yunnan)
  • Literature :
    • Dash, S. S., & Mao, A. A. (Eds.). (2018). Flowering Plants of India: An Annotated Checklist-Dicotyledons Volume II. Director, Botanical Survey of India.
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Lithocarpus obscurus
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Lithocarpus obscurus. Downloaded on 4 October 2026.

Distribution District wise

India Distribution

World Distribution
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