''Nothofagus macrocarpa'', commonly known as roble de Santiago or Santiago's oak, is a

deciduous In the fields of horticulture and Botany, the term ''deciduous'' () means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, aft ...

tree in the

Nothofagaceae ''Nothofagus'', also known as the southern beeches, is a genus of 43 species of trees and shrubs native to the Southern Hemisphere in southern South America (Chile, Argentina) and Australasia (east and southeast Australia, New Zealand, New Gui ...

family that is endemic to the mountains of central Chile. It is sometimes regarded as a subspecies of ''

Nothofagus obliqua ''Nothofagus obliqua'', commonly known as Patagonian oak, ''roble'', ''pellín'', ''roble pellín'', and ''hualle'' in its early state of growth or roble beech, is a deciduous tree from Chile and Argentina. It grows from 33 to 43° south latitude ...

''. ''N. macrocarpa'' proposed to be renamed ''Lophozonia macrocarpa'' in 2013.

References

Nothofagaceae Flora of central Chile Ornamental trees Fagales of Chile {{Fagales-stub