''Quercus laurina'' is a species of

oak An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably ''L ...

. It is native primarily to Mexico (from

Tamaulipas Tamaulipas (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas), is a state in the northeast region of Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entiti ...

to Chiapas) and has also been found in Guatemala and El Salvador.Romero Rangel, S., E. C. Rojas Zenteno & M. L. Aguilar Enríquez. 2002. El género ''Quercus'' (Fagaceae) en el estado de México. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 89(4): 551–593
in Spanish, with line drawings of each speciesLinares, J. L. 2003. Listado comentado de los árboles nativos y cultivados en la república de El Salvador. Ceiba 44(2): 105–268 ''Q. laurina'' is a tree up to tall with a trunk as much as or more in diameter. The leaves are thick and leathery, up to long, elliptical sometimes with a few large teeth near the tip. The species forms hybrids with '' Quercus affinis''.

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photo of herbarium specimen collected in Nuevo León in 1993
laurina Flora of Central America Plants described in 1809 Oaks of Mexico Trees of Puebla Trees of Oaxaca Cloud forest flora of Mexico Flora of the Sierra Madre Oriental Flora of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca Flora of the Sierra Madre del Sur Flora of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt Flora of Los Tuxtlas Taxa named by Aimé Bonpland {{Quercus-stub