Quercus myrsinifolia
Quercus myrsinifolia is an Asian species of tree in the beech family Fagaceae. It has several common names, including bamboo-leaf oak, Chinese evergreen oak, and Chinese ring-cupped oak. Its Chinese name is ; pinyin: , which means little leaf ring-cupped oak (literally translated as little leaf green ridge tree), in Japan it is called  and in Korea it is known as  (). It is native to east central and southeast China, Japan, Korea, Laos, northern Thailand, and Vietnam.  It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis.

Description

Quercus myrsinifolia is an evergreen oak tree that grows up to  tall.
Leaves are  60–110 × 18–40 mm with serrulate margins;  the petiole is 10–25 mm long.
The acorns are ovoid to ellipsoid, 14–25 × 10–15 mm, and glabrous with a rounded apex; the flat scar is approx. 6 mm in diameter.  Cupules are 5–8 × 10–18 mm, enclosing 1/3–1/2 of acorn, bracts are not connate at the apex.

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myrsinifolia
Trees of China
Trees of Japan
Trees of Korea
Trees of Taiwan
Flora of Indo-China
Plants described in 1850