Quercus pachyloma, commonly known as mao guo qing gang (Chinese: 毛果青冈), is a species of oak tree native to southern China and Taiwan. It is placed in the section Cyclobalanopsis within the Quercus subgenus Cerris.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Quercus pachyloma being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Lithocarpus amygdalifolius
- Lithocarpus shinsuiensis
- Lithocarpus brevicaudatus
- Lithocarpus harlandii
- Lithocarpus glaber
- Quercus hypophaea
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fagales
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Genus
- Quercus
- Species
- Quercus pachyloma
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