Quercus floribunda

{{Short description|Species of plant in the genus Quercus}}

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|image=Quercus floribunda.jpg

|image_caption=Quercus floribunda growth form

|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author= Carrero, C. |author2= Strijk, J.S. |date=2020 |title= Quercus floribunda |volume=2020 |page= e.T78917469A78917485 |doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T78917469A78917485.en |access-date=13 November 2022}}

|genus=Quercus

|display_parents=2

|parent=Quercus sect. Ilex

|species=floribunda

|authority=Lindl. ex A.Camus Chênes, Atlas 2: 131 (1935)

|synonyms=

• Quercus dilatata Royle
• Quercus himalayana Bahadur

|synonyms_ref=

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Quercus floribunda, called the Moru oak or Mohru oak, Tilonj oak and green oak, is a species of oak native to Afghanistan, Pakistan, India's western Himalaya, and Nepal,{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77176946-1 |title=Quercus floribunda Lindl. ex A.Camus |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=15 October 2020 }} typically found from {{Convert|2,000 to 3,000|m|abbr=off}} above sea level. It is in the subgenus Cerris, section Ilex.{{Cite web |last1=Denk |first1=Thomas |last2=Grimm |first2=Guido W. |last3=Manos |first3=Paul S. |last4=Deng |first4=Min |last5=Hipp |first5=Andrew L. |date=2017 |title=Appendix 2.1: An updated infrageneric classification of the oaks |website=figshare |doi=10.6084/m9.figshare.5547622.v1 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Appendix_2_1_________An_updated_infrageneric_classification_of_the_oaks/5547622/1 |access-date=2023-02-18 |format=xls |name-list-style=amp }} An evergreen tree with a dense crown reaching {{Convert|30|m|abbr=on}}, it is an important fuelwood and fodder species.{{cite book |title=Global Perspectives on Sustainable Forest Management |isbn=9789535105695 |last1=Okia |first1=Dr. Clement A. |date=25 April 2012 }}

{{Gallery|File:Quercus floribunda leaves.jpg|young leaves are red|File:Quercus floribunda leaves 1.jpg|variety in leaf shape|File:Quercus floribunda acorns.jpg|acorns|File:Quercus floribunda 2.jpg|pollarded for charcoal or fodder production}}