Quercus laurina is a species of oak. It is native primarily to Mexico (from Tamaulipas 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 speciesMcVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12(1,3): 1–93Tropicos, Quercus laurina Bonpl.Linares, 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