Taxonomic Study on Fagaceous Trees from Upper Chindwin

Abstract

The Fagaceous trees from Upper Chindwin of Sagaing Region mostly covered by Semi evergreen forest, had been collected, recorded and studied. Totally 10 species belonging to 3 genera of the Family Fagaceae occur abundantly. The resulting species can be easily distinguished by the characteristics of the leaves and fruits. Saucer-shaped or cup-shaped cupules bearing the nuts are found in species of Lithocarpus and Quercus while that is totally enclosing the fruits and spiny or scaly in Castanopsis. An artificial key to the species and diagnostic characters are briefly described with figures of the fruits