Oak
Quercus robur
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Names
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History
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Constituents
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Uses
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N.O.
Cupuliferae
Tanners bark
Common Oak
British
Oak
Numerous Species:
Quercus Skinneri;
Q. ilex
Q. pedunculata
Q. sessliflora
(Durmast
Oak)
Q. alba (White,or Quebec Oak)
Q. virens
(Live Oak)
Q. cerris ( Turkey oak)
Q. prinus
L. fagaceae
English Oak
Pedunculate
Oak
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Oak grows
slowly,but lives long.
Fairlop Oak in Hainault Forest measured 36 feet in
diameter through its trunk.
Newland Oak in Gloucestershire measured 46
feet.
Q.coccifera, or prickly, evergreen Kermes Oak from the mediterranean
yields a dye called Turkey Red from within the coccus insect.
England maintains
the "Gospel Oak" under the boughs of which The Gospel was traditionally
preached.
They were traditional border markers for a parish.
False sandalwood is actually an oak called Q. albiceae.
In Europe, Oak has always been held sacred and possessing of magical
and religious properties.
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water 6.3 %
protein 5.2 %
fat 43 %
carbohydrates 45%
Vitamin C
anthemol
tannins
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leather tanning
purple dye
black
Isabella yellow
early use: "Red Indian"body paint from Q. prinus
coffee additive
acorns:
hog
feed
last-ditch survival flour
tonic
astringent
antiseptic
haemhorrage
gargle
for chronic sore throat with relaxed uvula
injection for leucorrhoea
locally
for bleeding gums or piles
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Contra-Indications
Roasted acorns may be used for a coffee sub, but the fresh acorn
has a harshly acrid taste.
If you need to eat acorns, shell and wash them for half an hour under
running water to reduce the bitterness , then boil or dry and powder into a
flour.
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False sandalwood is actually an oak called Q. albiceae.
In Europe, Oak has always been held sacred and possessing of magical
and religious properties
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