''Quercus brantii'', the Brant's oak, is a species of
oak native to
Western Asia, namely in
Iran,
Iraq,
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
, and
Turkey.
''Quercus brantii'' (covering more than 50% of the
Zagros Mountains forest steppe ecoregion) is the most important tree species of the
Zagros in Iran.
Iranians use its seed in traditional medicine. Other useful products derived from oaks include fuel wood, charcoal and timber hardwood.
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brantii
Trees of Western Asia
Plants described in 1840
Medicinal plants