Quercus brantii
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Quercus persica | |
Quercus brantii, the Persian Oak, is a species of oak native to Western Asia, including Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.[2]
Quercus brantii (covering more than 50% of the Zagros forest area) are the most important tree species of Zagros in Iran.[3]
Iranians use its seed in traditional medicine. The tannins extracted from Persian Oak have contractive and disinfectant effects and show antibacterial activity on some gram-negative bacteria. Other useful products derived from oaks include fuel wood, charcoal and timber hardwood.[4]
References
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- ^ "Oaks of the World, Quercus brantii". Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ Taleshi, Hamid; Maasoumi Babarabi, Maryam (2013). "Leaf morphological variation ofQuercus brantii Lindl. along an altitudinal gradient in Zagros forests of Fars Province, Iran" (PDF). European Journal of Experimental Biology, 2013, 3(5):463-468. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ M. Heydari; H. Poorbabaei; T. Rostami; M. Begim Faghir; A. Salehi; R. Ostad Hashmei (2013). "Plant species in Oak (Quercus brantii Lindl.) understory and their relationship with physical and chemical propertiesof soil in different altitude classes in the Arghvan valley protected area, Iran" (PDF). Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2013, Vol. 11 No.1, pp. 97~110. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ B. Shiran; S. Mashayekhi; H. Jahanbazi; A. Soltani; P. Bruschi (2011). "Morphological and molecular diversity among populations of Quercus brantii Lindl. in western forest of Iran". Plant Biosystems, Vol. 145, No. 2, June 2011, pp. 452–460. Retrieved 10 April 2014.