Betula alnoides
{{Short description|Species of birch}}
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|image = Betula alnoides Bra56.png
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|genus = Betula
|parent = Betula subg. Betulaster
|species = alnoides
|status = LC
|status_system = IUCN3.1
|authority = Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
|synonyms = Betula acuminata Wall.{{cite web |title=Betula acuminata Wall. — The Plant List |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-21068 |website=www.theplantlist.org |accessdate=25 April 2019}}
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Betula alnoides ({{zh|c=西桦|p=xi hua|lang-zh=西桦}}; {{langx|th|กำลังเสือโคร่ง}}, {{RTGS|kamlang suea khrong}}, literally: "tiger power") is a species of birch that is native to countries including Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam, at elevations of {{cvt|300|-|2100|m|-3}} and higher in some cases (up to {{cvt|2700|m|-3}}).{{cite journal|url= http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200006135|title=Betula alnoides|publisher=Flora of China|volume=4|page=306}}[http://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Betula+alnoides Betula alnoides. Useful Temperate Plants. Cite as: Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2018-06-25.
Description
The plant is {{convert|30|m}} tall with white coloured branches. It has {{convert|1.5|-|3|cm}} long petioles and has a {{convert| 2.5|-|5.5|cm}} long leaf blade that is lanceolate, ovate, papery, and even elliptic. The female inflorescences is a pendulous and cylindric raceme, that, by time it matures, reaches a diameter of {{convert|5|-|10|cm}} by {{convert|4|-|6|mm}}. The peduncle is {{convert|2|-|3|mm}} long while the diameter of the bracts is only {{convert|3|mm}}. The seeds are ripe from March to May and are {{convert|1.5|-|2|mm}} long while the flowers bloom from October to January.
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