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.
Quercus myrsinifolia is an evergreen oak tree that grows up to tall. Leaves are 60âÂÂ110 à18âÂÂ40 mm with serrulate margins; the petiole is 10âÂÂ25 mm long. The acorns are ovoid to ellipsoid, 14âÂÂ25 à10âÂÂ15 mm, and glabrous with a rounded apex; the flat scar is approx. 6 mm in diameter. Cupules are 5âÂÂ8 à10âÂÂ18 mm, enclosing 1/3âÂÂ1/2 of acorn, bracts are not connate at the apex.