Quercus chiapasensis Trel. 1915

Twigs moderate (3 mm.), fluted, from floccose quickly glabrescent, becoming olive-gray with
finally evident small lenticels. Buds brown, hairy, ovoid, 2 mm. in diameter; or straw colored,
larger and with narrow stipules. Leaves evergreen, lanceolate, long-acute, rounded at base, coarsely
serrate with long aristate teeth, large (4-8 x 12-15 cm.), at first very woolly,
but finally green and
glabrous on both sides, the paler lower surface glossier; veins about 15
pairs, scarcely looped; petiole
glabrate, 5-10 mm. Long. Catkins?. Fruit biennial?, solitary on a thick stalk scarcely 10mm. long; cup
saucer-shaped, very large (35-45 mm. in diameter), with thickened closely appressed at first woolly
brown scales; acorn short- ovoid, some 30 mm. long, covered at the base only.
Central American region.