Quercus salicina is an oak species found in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Quercus |
| Subgenus: | Quercus subg. Cerris |
| Section: | Quercus sect. Cyclobalanopsis |
| Species: | Q. salicina
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| Quercus salicina | |
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The larvae of the Japanese oakblue (Arhopala japonica), of Acrocercops vallata and Marumba sperchius feed on Q. salicina.
Stenophyllanin A, a tannin,[2] and other quinic acid gallates[3] can be found in Q. salicina. The triterpene friedelin can also be isolated from the leaves of the tree.[4]
References
edit- ^ Denk, Thomas; Grimm, Guido W.; Manos, Paul S.; Deng, Min & Hipp, Andrew L. (2017). "Appendix 2.1: An updated infrageneric classification of the oaks" (xls). figshare. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
- ^ Nonaka, Gen-Ichiro; Nishimura, Hiroaki; Nishioka, Itsuo (1985). "Tannins and related compounds. Part 26. Isolation and structures of stenophyllanins A, B, and C, novel tannins from Quercus stenophylla". Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1: 163–172. doi:10.1039/P19850000163.
- ^ Nishimura, Hiroaki; Nonaka, Gen-Ichiro; Nishioka, Itsuo (1984). "Seven quinic acid gallates from quercus stenophylla". Phytochemistry. 23 (11): 2621–2623. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)84112-6.
- ^ Onishi, Y; Hanaoka, M (1968). "Studies on the chemical components of Quercus stenophylla Makino. I. Isolation of friedelin from the leaves of Quercus stenophylla Makino". Yakugaku Zasshi (in Japanese). 88 (9): 1244–1245. doi:10.1248/yakushi1947.88.9_1244. PMID 5751298.
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