Quercus glaucoides
Mart and Gal.
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Summary
Source: WikipediaQuercus glaucoides is an oak species in the white oak section, Quercus section Quercus, found in and endemic to eastern, central and southern Mexico (Guanajuato, Guerrero, México State, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Puebla).
Description
A tropical tree in the Fagaceae family that produces edible acorns.
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Edible Uses
The acorns are toasted and eaten.
Traditional Uses
The acorns are toasted and eaten.
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Distribution
It is a tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Mexico, North America,
References (2)
- Casas, A., et al, 1996, Plant Management Among the Nahua and the Mixtec in the Balsas River Basin, Mexico: An Ethnobotanical Approach to the Study of Plant Domestication. Human Ecology, Vol. 24, No. 4 pp. 455-478
- Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 39
