Quercus semecarpifolia

Brown oak is in the turkey oak group (Cerris), in the beech or Fagaceae family, and is native to the Himalayas and nearby mountains in Tibet, Afghanistan, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. It is medium-sized tree growing up to 30m in height.

• Leaves are semi-evergreen, simple, leathery, oval, up to 2–5 cm long and 1.5–3 cm across, sometimes with 1–8 sharp teeth along the sides, tip slightly pointed or obtuse, dark green and hairless above, hairy, golden beneath; petiole is stout, 2–7 mm long.
• Species is monoecious; male inflorescences are 5–12 cm long, in clusters of 2–3 catkins, females are 2–7 cm long, with 1–3 flowers; flowering is in May–June.
• Fruit is an acorn, globose, black when mature, 1.8–2.5 cm in diameter, apex pointed, single or in pairs; cap is flat, 1 mm thick at the base of the nut only; nut matures in 2 years.
• Bark is dark greyish, fissured into small square plates; twigs, buds and stipules are pubescent, becoming hairless in the fall; twigs are glabrescent with rounded, pale lenticels, becoming dark brown green and rough; buds are conical, 3-6 mm long.