Quercus acutissima seed

LATIN NAME: QUERCUS ACUTISSIMA

COMMON NAME: Sawtooth Oak

The sawtooth oak saws the tall, deciduous tree with the narrow, glossy, dark-green leaves edged with the fine, bristle-tipped teeth, the leaves sawiing the open crown, the small, green catkins opening through the spring, the large, round, fringed-capped acorns following. The tree grows quickly into the broad, rounded crown, and it stands the heat, the cold and the poor soil well. It likes the sun, and the deep, well-drained soil.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The bristle-toothed leaves of the sawtooth oak give it a recognised place in the research on the fast-growing timber oaks of the great oak group, and the acutissima species appears in the studies of the wildlife food trees and the poor-ground growth. The work looks at the way the heavy acorn crop feeds the winter wildlife, the quick, straight timber, and the seed biology. The foresters value the wood, and the growers of the warm-climate timber and wildlife trees keep the species in their catalogues.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the warm, open ground, the sawtooth oak saws the autumn garden with the toothed leaves. The fringed acorns feed the birds and the small mammals through the winter, the timber serves the building and the fuel, and the tree makes the fine shade and the shelter. It thrives in the deep, well-drained, sunny ground. Bristle-toothed, fringed-acorn and quick.

To grow the Sawtooth Oak from seed, sow the acorns into the long, gritty drills of the cold frame in the autumn.

Sow the acorns into the long, gritty drills of the cold frame, and give the young trees the open, sunny spot. The saw leaves come within a few seasons. , then cover them well, keep the frame cool and gently watered, and the young trees thread up over the spring. The saw leaves will tooth within a few seasons.

The Sawtooth oak is a fast growing shade tree that will tolerate a variety of conditions.  They are very easy to grow and are one of if not the fastest growing oak tree.  They are also excellent trees for wildlife.  They begin producing acorns at a young age of around 5 years.  Deer, squirrel, and turkey love to feast on their acorns in the fall.  Foliage typically turns a dark yellow color in the fall.
Medicinal use : The stem bark is used to clean foul sores. The seeds are used in the treatment of diarrhea , menorhagia and gastrointestinal hypertrophy. The cupule (seed cup) is astringent. Any galls produced on the tree are strongly astringent and can be used in the treatment of hemorrhages, chronic diarrhea, dysentery etc.
Edible parts : Seed – cooked. The seed is up to  25 mm long. It can be dried, ground into a powder and used as a thickening in stews etc or mixed with cereals for making bread. The seed contains bitter tannins, these can be leached out by thoroughly washing the seed in running water though many minerals will also be lost. Either the whole seed can be used or the seed can be dried and ground it into a powder. It can take several days or even weeks to properly leach whole seeds . Leaching the powder is quicker. A simple taste test can tell when the tannin has been leached. Young leaves – cooked. A famine food when all else fails. The roasted seed is a coffee substitute.
Other uses : A mulch of the leaves repels slugs, grubs etc, though fresh leaves should not be used as these can inhibit plant growth. Oak galls are excrescences that are sometimes produced in great numbers on the tree and are caused by the activity of the larvae of different insects.A black dye is obtained from the seed cups. Wood – used for boat building and construction. The wood is also used for fuel and charcoal.