Quercus lanata

{{Short description|Species of oak tree}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Woolly-leaved oak

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn | author = Carrero, C. | title = Quercus lanata | page = e.T194184A2303279 | year = 2020 | access-date = 14 April 2022}}

| image = Quercus oblongata in Hackfalls Arboretum (5).jpg

| image_caption = In cultivation (as Quercus oblongata)

| genus = Quercus

| display_parents = 2

| parent = Quercus sect. Ilex

| species = lanata

| authority = Sm.

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| synonyms =

Of the subspecies lanata:

• Quercus banga Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
• Quercus banga Ham. ex Hook.f., in syn.
• Quercus lanuginosa D.Don, nom. illeg.
• Quercus nepaulensis Desf.
• Quercus oblongata D.Don

|}}

Quercus lanata, the woolly-leaved oak,{{EOL | access-date = 14 April 2022}} is a species of Quercus native to southern and southeastern Asia, including India (from eastern Uttarakhand to Arunachal Pradesh), Bhutan, Nepal, Indochina (Vietnam, Myanmar, northern Thailand), and southwestern China (Guangxi, Tibet, Yunnan). It is a large evergreen tree up to {{Convert|30|m|-1|abbr=off}} tall. The leaves are thick and leathery, green on top but covered in thick wool on the underside.{{eFloras|2|210001856|Quercus lanata |first1=Chengjiu |last1=Huang |first2=Yongtian |last2=Zhang |first3=Bruce |last3=Bartholomew |volume=4}}{{cite book |last=Rees |first=Abraham |date=1819 |title=Cyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature |volume=29 |at=[https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38753885 Quercus no. 27]}} It is classified in 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 }}

This oak tree grows up to 20 m tall, and under the synonym Quercus oblongata has been recorded from Vietnam, where it may be called sồi bạcVõ Văn Chi (2007) Sách tra cứu tên cây cỏ Việt Nam Nhà xuẩt bản Giáo dục, VN or sồi bạch mao.Phạm Hoàng Hộ (2003) Cây cỏ Việt Nam: an Illustrated Flora of Vietnam vol. II publ. Nhà xuẩt bản Trẻ, HCMC, VN