سنديان أرزي

الوصف النباتي

الأوراق

Leaves: Alternate, oblong to obovate, 5–12 × 2–5 cm, deeply pinnatifid with 5–8 pairs of lobes, sinuses reaching one-third to half of the blade width. Lobes triangular to lanceolate, acute, entire or slightly denticulate. Upper surface dark green, glabrous; lower surface pale green, with scattered stellate hairs along the veins. Petiole 5–10 mm long.

الأزهار

Inflorescence & flowers: Monoecious. Male flowers in slender, pendulous catkins 3–6 cm long; female flowers solitary or in pairs, sessile or shortly pedunculate.

الثمار والبذور

Fruit: Acorns ovoid, 15–25 mm long, seated in a hemispheric cup covering one-third to half of the nut; cupule scales ovate, appressed, densely tomentose. Maturation annual, ripening in late summer to autumn.

مواسم النبات

الفنلوجية

Phenology: Flowers in April–May; acorns mature from September to October.

الانتشار الموثق

Lebanese distribution: Endemic to high montane zones of Mount Lebanon, especially within and around cedar forests of Bsharré, Hadeth el-Jebbé, Tannourine, and Barouk; frequently forming a secondary canopy under cedars.

Native to: Lebanon, Syria, Transcaucasus, Türkiye.

الارتفاع الموثق

الارتفاع

000 m

لمحة نباتية

بنية النبات

Life-form & habit: Deciduous tree up to 15–20 m tall, with a broad, rounded crown and thick, deeply fissured grey bark on mature individuals. Young twigs slender, initially tomentose, becoming glabrous with age.

الفصيلة والتصنيف

الاسم العلمي المقبول

Quercus petraea subsp. pinnatiloba

الفصيلة

بلّوطيّة

نباتات من الفصيلة نفسها

Quercus calliprinos

سنديان أشعر

Quercus cerris

سِنديان

Quercus coccifera

ملّول

Quercus infectoria