Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Fagales > Fagaceae > Quercus > Quercus lusitanicaQuercus lusitanica (Gall Oak)Synonyms: Quercus aegylopifolia (heterotypic); Quercus australis; Quercus baetica (heterotypic); Quercus brachycarpa (homotypic); Quercus faginea f. macrobalanus; Quercus faginea lusitanica; Quercus faginea valentina; Quercus faginea var. macrobalanus (homotypic); Quercus faginea var. spinosa; Quercus fruticosa; Quercus fruticosa var. pedunculata; Quercus fruticosa var. prasina; Quercus fruticosa var. subinclusa; Quercus fruticosa var. vulgaris; Quercus glauca; Quercus humilis (heterotypic); Quercus humilis f. brachycarpa; Quercus humilis f. microcarpa; Quercus humilis f. pedunculata; Quercus humilis f. vulgaris; Quercus humilis var. genuina; Quercus humilis var. subinclusa; Quercus lusitanica f. subinclusa; Quercus lusitanica f. vulgaris (heterotypic); Quercus lusitanica valentina; Quercus lusitanica var. humilis; Quercus lusitanica var. macrobalanus; Quercus lusitanica var. pedunculata (heterotypic); Quercus lusitanica var. stenoglandis; Quercus lusitanica var. subinclusa; Quercus lusitanica var. valentina; Quercus mirbeckii var. spinosa; Quercus muricata (heterotypic); Quercus ovalifolia; Quercus prasina (homotypic); Quercus rigida (heterotypic); Quercus undulata (heterotypic); Quercus valentina (heterotypic); Quercus zang Quercus lusitanica, commonly known as gall oak, Lusitanian oak, or dyer's oak, is a species of oak native to Morocco, Portugal, and Galicia. Quercus lusitanica is the source of commercial nutgalls. These galls are produced by the infection from the insect Cynips gallae tinctoriae. They are used for dyeing. Several other species are known colloquially as "gall oaks;" indeed, galls can be found on a large percentage of oak species. The specific epithet "lusitanica" refers to the ancient Roman Province of Lusitania, corresponding roughly to present-day Portugal. |
| Edible [1] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | | Flower Type [1] | Monoecious | | Leaf Type [1] | Evergreen | | Pollinators [1] | Wind | | Specific Gravity [2] | 0.7 | | Structure [1] | Shrub | | Usage [1] | A mulch of the leaves repels slugs, grubs etc, though fresh leaves should not be used as these can inhibit plant growth;
Oak galls are excrescences that are sometimes produced in great numbers on the tree and are caused by the activity of the larvae of different insects. The insects live inside these galls, obtaining their nutrient therein. When the insect pupates and leaves, the gall can be used as a rich source of tannin, that can also be used as a dyestuff; |  | | Height [1] | 6.56 feet (2 m) |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 2Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366.
Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository. ♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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