Oriental white oak, Hu li
Quercus aliena
Family: Fagaceae
What it is like
A tree. It grows to 30 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaf stalk is 1-1.3 cm long and the leaf blade is narrowly oval. It is 10-20 cm long by 5-14 cm wide. The base is wedge shaped or rounded. It tapers to a short tip. The female flowering shoot is in the axils of leaves on young shoots. The nut is 1.7-2.5 cm long by 1.3-1.8 cm wide. The cup encloses half the nut.
There are about 600 Quercus species.
Where it is found
It is a temperate plant. In China it grows in mixed forest between 100-2700 m altitude.
Countries/locations it is found in
Asia, Australia, China, Japan, Korea, SE Asia, Thailand
How it is used for food
It is a cultivated food plant.
Edible parts
Seeds, nuts