Quercus blakei is an uncommon species of tree in the beech family Fagaceae. It is native to Laos and Vietnam in Indochina, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, and Hainan provinces of southern China, and northeastern India.Flora of China, Cyclobalanopsis blakei (Skan) Schottky, 1912. 栎子青冈 li zi qing gang It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis.
Description Quercus blakei is a tree up to 35 m. tall, with leaves as much as 190 mm long.Skan, Sidney Alfred 1900. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 27(3): plate 2662 and subsequent unnumbered text page description in Latin, commentary in English, full-page line drawing of Quercus blakei The acorns are ellipsoid to ovoid, 25-35 × 15–30 mm with a flat to depressed scar 7–11 mm in diameter. The cupules are shallow-bowl-shaped, 5-10 × 20–30 mm, covering base of acorn, with bracts in 6 or 7 rings, margin entire or dentate. In China, flowering occurs in March and acorns ca be found from October–December.
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External links Line drawings, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 4, fig. 386, drawings 5-11 and lower left and upper left