Lithocarpus elegans is a tree in the beech family Fagaceae. The specific epithet elegans means 'elegant', referring to the acorns and cupules.
Lithocarpus elegans grows as a tree up to 30m (100feet) tall with a trunk diameter of up to 70cm (30inches). The greyish brown bark is fissured or lenticellate. The coriaceous leaves measure up to 17cm (07inches) long. Its edible brown acorns are ovoid to roundish and measure up to 2.51NaN1 across.
Lithocarpus elegans grows naturally in the Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, and Malesia. Its habitat is dipterocarp to lower montane forests up to 1500m (4,900feet) elevation.
The timber is used locally as firewood and for charcoal.