Lithocarpus amygdalifolius is a species of flowering plant in the beech family, Fagaceae. It is a tree native to southeastern China (Guangdong and Fujian), Hainan, Taiwan, and Vietnam. It grows in montane broadleaf evergreen forests from 500 to 2,300 metres elevation.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Lithocarpus amygdalifolius 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
- Quercus pachyloma
- Lithocarpus lepidocarpus
- Lithocarpus shinsuiensis
- Lithocarpus brevicaudatus
- Castanopsis faberi
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fagales
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Genus
- Lithocarpus
- Species
- Lithocarpus amygdalifolius
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