Quercus arbutifolia Hickel & A.Camus

Vietnam; Borneo; China (Fujian, Guangdong, South Hunan); 1600 to 2400 m;

2.5-3 (-10) m; often scrubby;

3.5-6 cm long, 2.5-3 cm wide; leathery, stiff; narrowly oboval to oblong-elliptic; apex  rounded, obtuse or emarginate; attenuate at base; margin entire; dark green and glabrous above ; silvery beneath with a few simple stellate hairs and 2-rayed trichomes along midrib, glabrescent; 5-8 pairs of secondary veins, slightly impressed above, raised beneath; tertiary veins not evident; petiole 2-8 mm long, glabrescent;

female flowers with 3 styles, on a 2 cm long rachis greyish-white or brown pubescent, bearing 1-3 flowers;

acorn 1-2 cm, subglobose, hairless, single or to 3, enclosed 1/3 by the cup; cup half-round, subsessile or on a short peduncle, greyish-brown velvety outside, silky inside, 1.5 cm across, 1cm heigh, attenuate at base, with 6-9 denticulate rings; basal scar 5-8 mm, flat; stylopodium persistent; maturing first year in November

not hardy; broad-leaves evergreen forest, on slopes and ridges of mountains;

– A. Camus : tome 1, p. 358, n° 78 – Sub-genus Cerris, Section Cyclobalanopsis – Section Semiserrata, sub-section Chrysotrichae ( Menitsky ). – Threatened (IUCN Red List Category : EN) – Closely related to Q.litseoides Dunn 1909 – For Govaerts & Frodin, Q. meihuashanensis is a true species in China (Fujian);