Quercus ithaburensis Decne.

Southeastern Italy; South Albania; Greece; Turkey; Asia Minor. Syria; Lebanon; Palestina; Israel;

to 15 m tall; trunk and branches often gnarled; crown round;

4-9 x 2-5 cm; oval or oval-lanceolate; leathery; marcescent; often with margin wavy or revolute, with 7-10 pairs of shallow  lobes (or teeth); apex obtuse, base rounded; dark green, hairless (or someones), convex above; grey, tomentose beneath; petiole hairy1-2 cm long;

acorn to 5 cm long x 3 cm wide, oval or narrowly ellipsoid; cup with broad, thick, stiff, free, appressed or recurving scales; maturing in 2 years;

– A. Camus : 115; – Sub-genus Cerris, Section Cerris, subsection Aegilops (with macrolepis and brantii ); – The term “aegilops” is very confused, as it has been given to several species: _aegilops L. or Auctores (Boiss. or Lam.) = Q.ithaburensis subsp macrolepis _aegilops Griseb. = Q.trojana _aegilops Scop. = Q.cerris _aegilops Mill. = Q.pubescens so it is better to give up with it !