Quercus bella Chun & Tsiang

China (Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi ), 200-700 m, in wet forests;

reaches 30 m;

8-15 x 2-3.5 cm; lanceolate to oblong-elliptic; subleathery; dark green, shiny adaxially; glaucous, hairless below; base cuneate, slightly oblique; apex acuminate ; margin serrate in apical 1/2; 11-13 pairs of lateral veins flat adaxially, raised under; tertiary veins slender, evident abaxially; petiole glabrous, 1-2 cm;

February to April; female inflorescences to 1-2 cm;

acorn flattened, 1.5 cm long, 2.5 cm in diameter; pubescent in youth but glabrescent; paired or to 3; cup shallow (5 mm long, 25-30 mm wide), thin (1 mm), covering base of nut, with 6-8 concentric rings irregulary denticulate at margins; scar impressed, 1-1.4 cm in diameter; stylopodium persistent; ripe in 1 year;

not hardy;

– Sub-genus Cerris, Section Cyclobalanopsis;