Lithocarpus glaber

Lithocarpus glaber, the Japanese oak, is a tree species in the genus Lithocarpus found in Japan, China and Taiwan.

Lithocarpus glaber
Lithocarpus glaber illustration in Flora Japonica, Sectio Prima (Tafelband)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Lithocarpus
Species:	L. glaber
Binomial name
Lithocarpus glaber (Thunb.) Nakai
Synonyms
Pasania glabra (Thunb.) Oerst. Quercus glabra Thunb

Mitami Shrine, a Shinto shrine in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, is famous locally for its comparatively large population of Lithocarpus glaber, known as Shiribukagashi (尻深樫 シリブカガシ). In China, it is called ke (柯). In Cantonese, it is called Seklik (石櫟).

Condensed tannins from L. glaber leaves have been analysed through acid-catalyzed degradation in the presence of cysteamine and have a potent free radical scavenging activity.^[1]

See also

• Quercus crispula - Japanese oak - 水楢