quercus mongolica

{{Short description|Species of oak tree}}

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| name = Mongolian oak

| image = Quercus Mongolica.jpg

| image_caption = Mongolian oak

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Barstow, M. |date=2018 |title=Quercus mongolica |volume=2018 |page=e.T194200A2303793 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T194200A2303793.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| genus = Quercus

| display_parents = 2

| parent = Quercus sect. Quercus

| species = mongolica

| authority = Fisch. ex Ledeb.

| synonyms_ref = {{ThePlantList |id=kew-173983 |taxon=Quercus mongolica |authority=Fisch. ex Ledeb.}}

| synonyms = {{collapsible list|bullets = true

|Quercus crispulimongolica Nakai

|Quercus kirinensis Nakai

|Quercus sessiliflora var. mongolica (Fisch. ex Ledeb.) Franch.

|Quercus crispula Blume

|Quercus grosseserrata Blume

|Quercus humosa Blume

|Quercus keizo-kishimae Yanagita

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Quercus mongolica, commonly known as Mongolian oak, is a species of oak native to Japan, China, Korea, Mongolia, and Siberia. The species can grow to be {{Convert|30|m|abbr=off}} tall.{{eFloras|2|200006296|Quercus mongolica |first1=Chengjiu |last1=Huang |first2=Yongtian |last2=Zhang |first3=Bruce |last3=Bartholomew |volume=4 |access-date=2 November 2012}}Ohwi, J. Flora of Japan, 1984. {{ISBN|978-0-87474-708-9}}Woody Plants of Japan, Vol. 1, 2000. {{ISBN|4-635-07003-4}}

File:Quercus mongolica var gosseserrata.JPG

The flavono-ellagitannins mongolicin A and B can be found in Quercus mongolica var. grosseserrata.[http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=19798901 Tannins and related compounds]. LXXI. Isolation and characterization of mongolicins A and B, novel flavono-ellagitannins from Quercus mongolica var. grosseserrata. Ishimaru K, Ishimatsu M, Nonaka G, Mihashi K, Iwase Y and Nishioka I, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 1988, volume 36, number 9, pages 3312–3318

Extrafloral nectaries have been reported on the leaf buds this species.{{cite journal |date=2012-10-18 |first1=Marjorie G. |last1=Weber |first2=Kathleen H. |last2=Keeler |title=The phylogenetic distribution of extrafloral nectaries in plants |pages=1251–1261 |doi=10.1093/aob/mcs225 |journal=Annals of Botany |eissn=1095-8290 |volume=111 |issue=6|pmc=3662505 }}