Bio Diversity Park

Common Name : Oak

Hindi Name : बांझ | Scientific Name : Quercus leucotrichophora
Family : Fagaceae
Uses : Different parts of the plant such as corm, seeds, leaves, fruit and dry gum resin is used to cure various ailments such as urinary infection, toothache, piles, diarrhoea, asthma, haemorrhages, dysentery, astringent, diuretic, tonsillitis and snake bite.
Native: Central Asia
General Description:

It is an evergreen tree bearing stalked, ovate to lancolate, tapering, saw-toothed, leathery, and dark green leaves which are hairless above and densely white or grey velvet-hairy beneath. Young leaves are pink purple in colour and the upper surface turns deep green as it matures, while the lower side is silvery grey due to the presence of white hairs (hence the name leucotrichophora, meaning "which has white hairs"). The male inflorescences (catkins) are slender and drooping spikes, borne on the tips of the branches, while the tiny round female flowers are borne at the base of the leaves. The fruits are orange-tan, marble-sized acorns.