Quercus oocarpa is a Mesoamerican species of oak.
It is native to Central America and southern Mexico, with an isolated population in the canyons of Jalisco in western Mexico.[1]
Quercus oocarpa is a large forest tree frequently more than 25m (82feet) tall, evergreen or deciduous, with a trunk as much as 100cm (00inches) in diameter. The leaves are sometimes as much as 45cm (18inches) long, broadly egg-shaped with numerous small pointed teeth along the edges.[2]
Quercus oocarpa ranges from southwestern Mexico (Nayarit, Jalisco, and Guerrero states, and possibly Chiapas), through Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica to Panama. Some specimens of Quercus insignis M.Martens & Galeotti from Chiapas have been confused with this species.
It inhabits humid montane forests, including cloud forests and pine–oak–Liquidambar forests, between 1400 and 2000 meters elevation.