Quercus gemelliflora Blume

 
  • Family : FAGACEAE
    (Beech Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : MORU FAMILY (मोरु फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Fagaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Cyclobalanopsis gemelliflora (Blume) Oerst.; Cyclobalanopsis horsfieldii (Miq.) Oerst.; Cyclobalanopsis merkusii (Endl.) Oerst.; Cyclobalanopsis turbinata (Blume) Schottky; Quercus crassilamellata (Gamble) A.Camus; Quercus horsfieldii Miq.; Quercus horsfieldii var. longifolia Miq.; Quercus lineata var. merkusii (Endl.) Wenz.; Quercus merkusii Endl.; Quercus turbinata Blume; Quercus turbinata var. crassilamellata Gamble
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Quercus gemelliflora Blume
  • Habit : Tree
  • Key identification features : Tree; Wood dull brown, very dense, durable; Young branches rounded, almost black-brown, finely dotted; Young shoots: leaves crowded at tips, covered with rust-colored down; Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 5-7 inches long, 1.5-1.75 inches wide, apex acuminate but not sharply pointed, base tapering, margin slightly wavy, serrated toward upper part, upper surface glossy, lower surface bluish-green, rust-colored hairs sometimes present along underside; Inflorescence peduncle covered with rust-colored hairs, usually shorter than petioles, arise in leaf axils, flowers in pairs, sometimes solitary; Female flowers: ovary tricarpellary; Fruit acorn, cupule hemispherical, scaly, sits directly on thickened fruit stalk, inner disk slightly raised, convex, nut: ovate to oblong, surface smooth, apex blunt, base depressed with small cavities.
  • Distribution :
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
  • Native : Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Sumatera
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Jawa, Sumatera, Peninsula Malaysia, Borneo
  • 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=Quercus gemelliflora
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Quercus gemelliflora. Downloaded on 4 October 2026.

Distribution District wise

India Distribution

World Distribution
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