A synoptic account of the Fagaceae of Thailand

A SYNOPTIC ACCOUNT OF THE FAGACEAE OF THAILAND (C. PHENGKLAI) 103
in A.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 85. 1864; Kurz, Forest Fl. Burm 2: 486. 1877; King ex Hook.f.,
Fl. Brit. India 5: 609. 1888; Craib, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911. 473.— Q. grandifolia D.Don
in A.B.Lambert, Descr. Pinus, 2: 27, t. 8. 1824; D.Don in Spreng., Syst., 3: 856. 1826.—
Pasania spicata (Smith) Oerst, Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn
1866: 83. 1866; Ridl., Fl. Malay Penins. 3: 376. 1924; Hickel & A.Camus in H.Lecomte, Fl.
Indo-Chine 5: 983. 1930.— Lithocarpus spicata (Sm.) Rehder & E.H.Wilson in C.S.Sargent,
Pl. Wilson 3: 207. 1916; Barnett, Quer. Rel. Fag. Asia: 108. 1940; Barnett, Trans. & Proc. Bot.
Soc. Edinburgh 34: 333. 1944; Hjelmq., Dansk Bot. Ark. 23: 481. 1968.— Synaedrys spicata
(Blume) Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 30: 198. 1916.— Lithocarpus finetii (Hickel & A.Camus)
A.Camus, Rivista Sci. 18: 40. 1931; Barnett, Quer. Rel. Fag. Asia: 335. 1940; Hjelmq., Dansk
Bot. Ark. 23: 483. 1968.— Pasania finetii Hickel & A.Camus, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., X, 3: 396.
1921.— Lithocarpus grandifolia (D.Don) Biswas, Bull. Bot. Surv. India, 10: 258. 1969;
C.C.Huang, Y.T.Chang & B.M.Bartol. in C.Y.Wu & P.H.Raven, Fl. China 4: 364. 1999.— L.
intermedius Barnett, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1938. 101; Barnett, Quer. Rel. Fag. Asia: 114.
1940; Barnett, Trans. & Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 34: 333. 1944.— L. collettii (King ex
Hook.f.) A.Camus, Chênes, Atlas 3: 117. 1949; C.C.Huang, Y.T.Chang & B.M.Bartol. in
C.Y.Wu & P.H.Raven, Fl. China 4: 364. 1999.— Quercus spicatus Smith var. collettii King ex
Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 610. 1888.
Thailand.— NORTHERN: Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Nan, Lampang, Tak, Sukhothai;
NORTHEASTERN: Phetchabun, Loei, Sakon Nakhon; EASTERN: Chaiyaphum, Nakhon
Rachasima, Si Sa Ket, Ubon Rachathani; SOUTHWESTERN: Kanchanaburi; CENTRAL: Lop
Buri; SOUTHEASTERN: Chanthaburi; PENINSULAR: Ranong, Trang, Satun, Songkhla,
Narathiwat.
Distribution.— India, Bhutan, Myanma, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, China, Malaysia,
Singapore, Indonesia (type).
Ecology.— Lowland and lower montane forests, dry evergreen forest, deciduous
dipterocarp-oak forest, oak-pine forest on granite, limestone and sandstone bedrock, alt.
20–1550 m (usually 600–900 m) Flowering March–Nov., fruiting March–Dec.
Vernacular.— Ko hin (°àÕÀ‘π), ko neng (°àÕ‡Àπàß) (Northern); ko soi (°àÕ √âÕ¬), ko khi mu
(°àÕ¢’ ÈÀ¡Ÿ) (Northeastern); ko khi mu (°àÕ¢’ ÈÀ¡Ÿ), mak ko mo (¡—°°àÕÀ¡Õ) (Eastern); ko mu (°àÕÀ¡Ÿ), ta
lap tao pun (µ≈—∫‡µâ“ªŸπ), ko na ring (°àÕπ–√‘ß), ko mu (°àÕÀ¡Ÿ) (Peninsular).
Uses.— Nuts edible, a pioneer species suitable for forest rehabilitation.
17. Lithocarpus elephantum (Hance) A.Camus, Rivista Sci. 18: 40. 1931; Barnett, Quer. Rel.
Fag. Asia: 293. 1940.— Quercus elephantum Hance, J. Bot. 13: 365. 1875.— Pasania
elephantum (Hance) Hickel & A.Camus, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., X, 3: 292. 1921; Hickel &
A.Camus in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 5: 978. 1930. Fig. 26.
Thailand.— SOUTHEASTERN: Trat.
Distribution.— Cambodia (type).
Ecology.— Tropical evergreen forest; alt. sea-level to 50 m. Flowering Sept.; fruiting
no record.