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Family Fagaceae — Part 3

Genera PASANIA and QUERCUS

TREES of great lumber and horticultural value. Leaves simple, alternate, entire or lobed. Flowers monoecious, inconspicuous; staminate, in pendulous catkins; pistillate, solitary or few in a cluster. Fruit, a dry nut in a scaly cup (an acorn).