''Quercus treubiana'' is a member of the ''Quercus'' (oak) genus, placed in subgenus ''Cerris'', section ''Cyclobalanopsis''. It is found in the tropical mountain forests of Borneo and
Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...
at altitudes between 600 and 2200m. It is named for Melchior Treub, 1851–1910, who was until 1909 Director of the Bogor Botanical Gardens, Indonesia. It was first formally named by Karl Otto von Seemen in 1906 in the ''Bulletin de Département de l’Agriculture aux Indes Néerlandaises'' (Buitenzorg /
Bogor
Bogor ( su, , nl, Buitenzorg) is a city in the West Java province, Indonesia. Located around south of the national capital of Jakarta, Bogor is the 6th largest city in the Jakarta metropolitan area and the 14th overall nationwide.