Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Fagaceae | Genus: Castanopsis | Species: Castanopsis tribuloides A.DC. |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Castanea microcarpa, Quercus armata | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Chinquapin or Chinkapin | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Chinkapin | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | - | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 1300 m | Fruit Type | Nut |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit 1 per cupule, broadly conical, 1.5-2 × 1-1.6 cm, glabrous; scar basal, 8-10 mm in diam |
| Habitat | Occors in broad-leaved evergreen forests | Bark Type | Rugged |
| Distribution | India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam | Bark Details | Dark to blackish brown; rough to touch |
| Distribution in manipur | Origin | Native | |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Trees 5-10 m tall; young branchlets and young leaf blades abaxially pubescent and with glabrescent, rusty brown, waxy scalelike trichomes | Leaf Details | Leaf blade elliptic to ovate, 9-16 × 3.5-5 cm, abaxially reddish brown but may become gray to grayish brown with age, base acute to rounded, margin entire or rarely with 1 or 2 teeth |
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