''Quercus litseoides'' is an uncommon Asian species of trees in the beech family

Fagaceae The Fagaceae are a family of flowering plants that includes beeches, chestnuts and oaks, and comprises eight genera with about 927 species. Fagaceae in temperate regions are mostly deciduous, whereas in the tropics, many species occur as eve ...

. It has been found only in southern China, in the Provinces of

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020 ...

and Guangxi.Flora of China, ''Cyclobalanopsis litseoides'' (Dunn) Schottky, 1912. 木姜叶青冈 mu jiang ye qing gang
/ref> It is placed in subgenus ''Cerris'', section ''Cyclobalanopsis''. ''Quercus litseoides'' is a tree up to 10 meters tall. Leaves can be as much as 7 cm long. The epithet ''"litseoides"'' refers to a resemblance between this tree and ''

Litsea chinensis ''Litsea'' is a genus of evergreen or deciduous trees or shrubs belonging to the laurel family, Lauraceae. The genus includes a large number of accepted species in tropical and subtropical areas of North America and Asia. Characteristics They a ...

'', now called ''

Litsea glutinosa ''Litsea glutinosa'' is a rainforest tree in the laurel family, Lauraceae. Common names include soft bollygum, bolly beech, Bollywood, bollygum, brown bollygum, brown Bollywood, sycamore and brown beech. The powdered bark, known as jigat, may b ...

''.The Plant List, ''Litsea chinensis'' Lam.
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line drawing, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 4, fig. 376, drawings 6-8 at upper left
litseoides Flora of Guangdong Flora of Guangxi Plants described in 1909 {{Quercus-stub