Quercus aliena seed

LATIN NAME: QUERCUS ALIENA

COMMON NAME: Oriental White Oak

The oriental white oak goblets the tall, broad-crowned, deciduous tree with the large, obovate, deeply lobed leaves with the pale, fuzzy undersides and the small, green catkins that open through the spring, the oval acorns following in their cup-like, scaly cups, the acorns ripening through the autumn. The crown spreads wide and turns the rich gold in the autumn, and the tree stands the cold winters well. It likes the sun, and the deep, well-drained soil.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The large, lobed leaves of the oriental white oak give it a recognised place in the research on the temperate forest trees of the beech family, and the aliena species appears in the studies of the broad-crown development and the acorn biology. The work looks at the autumn gold, the hard, durable timber, and the seed handling. The shelter and the acorn food keep the ecologists interested, and the growers of the grand shade oaks keep the species in their catalogues.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the large garden and the woodland, the oriental white oak goblets the autumn with the broad gold crown. The timber serves the construction, the flooring and the joinery for the ages, the acorns feed the wildlife, and the tree gives the deep, broad shade. It thrives in the deep, well-drained, sunny ground. Grand, gold-leaved and long-lived.

To grow the Oriental White Oak from seed, sow the fresh acorns into the leafy drills of the bed in the autumn, then cover them lightly, keep the bed lightly watered, and the young trees show themselves in the spring.

Keep the bed lightly watered, and give the young trees the open, sunny spot. The goblet crown comes over the years. Settle the young trees in the deep, well-drained ground, and the goblet crown will spread over the years.

This is a medium to large deciduous oak with a spreading crown that typically grows to 40-80′ tall.
Elliptic-obovate to obovate, regularly lobed, coarsely-toothed, conspicuously-ribbed, shiny dark green leaves (to 4-8″ long) adorn this member of the white oak group which is native to mixed forest areas in Japan, Korea and central China. Leaves are grayish-white and pubescent beneath. Leaves turn yellow in fall.
Medicinal use of Oriental White Oak: Any galls produced on the tree are strongly astringent and can be used in the treatment of hemorrhages, chronic diarrhea, dysentery etc.
Edible parts of Oriental White Oak: Seed – cooked. The seed is about 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.
The roasted seed is a coffee substitute.
Other uses : Wood. Of local value, it is used mainly for boat building.