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Fagus lucida

Synonyms: Fagus lucida var. opienica; Fagus nayonica

Wikipedia Abstract

Fagus lucida is a species of tree in the Fagaceae family. It is a tree up to 25 metres (82 ft) tall native to southern and eastern China. Seeds and young leaves are edible.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Monoecious
Hazards [2]  Although no specific mention has been seen for this species, large quantities of the seed of many species in this genus are thought to be toxic.
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Pollinators [2]  Wind
Specific Gravity [3]  0.58
Structure [2]  Tree
Height [2]  49 feet (15 m)
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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Chave 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.
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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