Quercus salicina is an oak species found in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis.[1]

The larvae of the Japanese oakblue (Arhopala japonica), of Acrocercops vallata and Marumba sperchius feed on Q. salicina.

Stenophyllanin A, a tannin,[2] and other quinic acid gallates[3] can be found in Q. salicina. The triterpene friedelin can also be isolated from the leaves of the tree.[4]

References

  1. ^ Denk, Thomas; Grimm, Guido W.; Manos, Paul S.; Deng, Min & Hipp, Andrew L. (2017). "Appendix 2.1: An updated infrageneric classification of the oaks" (xls). figshare. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  2. ^ Nonaka, Gen-Ichiro; Nishimura, Hiroaki; Nishioka, Itsuo (1985). "Tannins and related compounds. Part 26. Isolation and structures of stenophyllanins A, B, and C, novel tannins from Quercus stenophylla". Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1: 163–172. doi:10.1039/P19850000163.
  3. ^ Nishimura, Hiroaki; Nonaka, Gen-Ichiro; Nishioka, Itsuo (1984). "Seven quinic acid gallates from quercus stenophylla". Phytochemistry. 23 (11): 2621–2623. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)84112-6.
  4. ^ Onishi, Y; Hanaoka, M (1968). "Studies on the chemical components of Quercus stenophylla Makino. I. Isolation of friedelin from the leaves of Quercus stenophylla Makino". Yakugaku Zasshi (in Japanese). 88 (9): 1244–1245. doi:10.1248/yakushi1947.88.9_1244. PMID 5751298.