FOOD RESOURCE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
QUERCUS AEGILOPS Cupuliferae, CAMATA OR CAMATINA OAK, VALONIA OAK
Hedrick, U.P. editor. 1919. Sturtevant's Notes on Edible Plants. Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for the Year 1919 II. Albany, J.B Lyon Company, State Printers. [References Available]
is a plant of South Europe and Syria. The cups, known as valonia, are used for tanning and dyeing as are the unripe acorns called camata or camatina. the ripe acorns are eaten raw or boiled.
