Shiny beech
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The Shining Beech ( Fagus lucida ) is a plant from the genus of the Book ( Fagus ) in the family of the beech plants (Fagaceae). It is native to south and east China.
description
The shiny beech grows as a deciduous tree that can reach heights of up to 25 meters. The winter buds grow to around 1.5 centimeters.
The leaves are arranged alternately on the branches. The petiole is 0.6 to 2 inches long. The simple, shiny green leaf blade is egg-shaped to elliptical-egg-shaped with a length of 5 to 11 centimeters with a broad-wedge-shaped to rounded blade base and a pointed tip. It is hairless with the exception of the main nerve, which is silky and downy with hair on the underside of the leaf. Eight to twelve lateral nerves branch off from the main nerve on each side, each ending in a small tooth on the leaf margin. The leaf margin is bulged and slightly serrated.
The glossy beech is single-sexed ( monoecious ) and is pollinated by the wind ( anemophilia ). The flowering period extends from April to May.
The 1 to 1.5 centimeter long fruit cups (cupula) are on a 0.5 to 1.5 centimeter long, hairless stem. The slightly protruding beechnuts have small wings at the tip. The beechnuts ripen in September or October.
Occurrence
The natural range of the shiny beech is in the south and east of China. It includes Anhui , Fujian , Guangdong , Guangxi , Guizhou , Hubei , Hunan , Jiangxi , Sichuan, and Zhejiang provinces .
They can be found at altitudes of 800 to 2000 meters. It grows in moderately moist hillside forests and often forms pure stands or mixed stands with Engler's beech ( Fagus engleriana ), although it can also tolerate full shade. The soil is mostly sandy or loamy and well ventilated.
Systematics
Fagus lucida was founded in 1916 by Alfred Rehder and Ernest Henry Wilson in Charles Sprague Sargent : Plantae Wilsonianae , 3 (2), pp 191-192 firstdescribed . A synonym for Fagus lucida Rehder & EHWilson is Fagus nayonica Y.T.Chang .
use
The young leaves can be eaten and have a mild aroma. The oil-containing beechnuts are also edible, but should not be consumed in large quantities. They can be used both raw and cooked. Dried beechnuts can be ground up and baked with flour to make bread. When roasted, they serve as a substitute for coffee . Oil can also be extracted from the beechnuts.
swell
- Chengjiu Huang, Yongtian Zhang & Bruce Bartholomew: Fagaceae . Fagus. In: Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan (eds.): Flora of China . Cycadaceae through Fagaceae. Volume 4. Science Press and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing and St. Louis 1999, ISBN 0-915279-70-3 , Fagus lucida , pp. 315 (English, Fagus lucida - online - this printed work is online with the same text).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g Chengjiu Huang, Yongtian Zhang & Bruce Bartholomew: Fagaceae . Fagus. In: Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan (eds.): Flora of China . Cycadaceae through Fagaceae. Volume 4. Science Press and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing and St. Louis 1999, ISBN 0-915279-70-3 , Fagus lucida , pp. 315 (English, Fagus lucida - online - this printed work is online with the same text).
- ↑ a b Fagus lucida. In: Plants For A Future. www.pfaf.org, accessed April 12, 2011 (English).