Quercus Reevesii Trel. 1924
Twigs moderate (2-4 mm.), somewhat fluted, glabrate, olivaceous
with rather prominent
pale lenticels. Buds apparently round-ovoid and of moderate size. Leaves deciduous,
oblanceolate, acute or slightly acuminate, cuneatelv narrowed to the obliquely
rounded base
and entire in the lower third, coarsely mucronately serrate above, flat, rather
large (3-5 x 10-18 cm.),
glossy and glabrous; veins about 15-18 pairs, the lower looped, the upper running
into the teeth,
raised-reticulate; petiole loosely hairy, becoming glabrous, about 1 x 5 mm.
Catkins?. Fruit annual,
sessile; cup openly goblet-shaped, very large (40-50 mm. in diameter) and thickwalled,
with
keeled and basally thickened closely appressed pointed tomentose scales; acorn
elongated ovoid,
as much as 35 x 50 mm., the lower third included.
Central American region.