Fagus (Fagaceae) BSWJ11764

longipetiolata

From one of our collections from a botanical hotspot in the extreme north of Vietnam at Y Ty, an amazing area where we have found some of our rarest plants. Here they formed trees to 30m tall at around 1900m altitude, in an area where Sue and I pitched our tent in 2006. Forming well branched trees with ovate slightly glossy ovate-elongate bronzy tinted leaves with undulating margins and a few seed capsules left late November that year. Easily grown in any type of reasonably fertile soils that has good drainage, in sun or partial shade.