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Quercus ithaburensis macrolepis

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HomeTreeQuercus ithaburensis macrolepis

Open forests in the hills or as solitary trees, usually in dry soils.

Family: Fagaceae
Height: 15 m / 50 ft
Sun, Semi-shade
Medium and Heavy Soil
Dry to Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 4 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 2 of 5
Other Uses: 2 of 5

Native Habitat

Valonia Oak Quercus ithaburensis macrolepis native habitat is Open forests in the hills or as solitary trees, usually in dry soils.

Edible Uses

Seed - raw or cooked. The seed is quite big, about 4cm x 3cm and is very low in tannin. Any bitter seeds can be leached 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, one method was to wrap them in a cloth bag and place them in a stream. Leaching the powder is quicker. A simple taste test can tell when the tannin has been leached. The traditional method of preparing the seed was to bury it in boggy ground overwinter. The germinating seed was dug up in the spring when it would have lost most of its astringency. Roasted seed is a coffee substitute. A manna is obtained from the tree. No further details.

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