Synonyms
Fagus sylvatica var. macrophylla Hohen. ex A. DC.; Fagus sylvatica var. asiatica A. DC.; Fagus hohenackeriana Palib.; Fagus hohenackeri Palib. ex Grossh.
Local Names
Armenia: 
(Hatchareni areveljan); Azerbaijan: Şərg fıstığı; Georgia: 
– aghmosavluri ts’ipeli, 
– ts’ip (Svanetian), 
– ts’ipra (Chanetian, Svanetian), 
– ts’ipuri (Chanetian, Megrelian) (Makashvili, 1991); English: Oriental beech.
Botany and Ecology
Tree to 30–50 m high, with smooth light gray bark. Leaves in 2 ranks, elliptic or ovate-elliptic, apex acuminate, base rounded or more or less cuneate, (1.7) 5–15 (20) cm long, (1.3) 2.4–8 (11.6) cm wide, appressed-pubescent below especially along the veins. Perianth of staminate flowers broadly campanulate, its lobes broad-ovate or almost round, (0.6) 0.8–3 (3.6) mm long, about as long as or shorter than the perianth tube, this (1) 1.4–4 (4.4) mm long, often with a black spot at apex, the margin beset with black or white hairs; stamens up to 12; appendages of involucre of...
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Batsatsashvili, K. et al. (2016). Fagus orientalis Lipsky Fagaceae. In: Bussmann, R. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Caucasus. European Ethnobotany. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50009-6_70-1
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