Medium sized deciduous tree with a broad canopy. Bark furrowed. Young shoots softly hairy. Leaves mostly 4-7 cm long, lobes rounded with 4-6 on each side, dull and mosty hairless above, softly grey-hairy below. Leaf stalk to 1 cm long. Acorns to about 2 cm long, clustered 1-4 together without individual stalks but with a short common stalk.

S Europe, W Asia

VIC: Camperdown (Camperdown Botanic Gardens, in arboretum along the fenceline); Melbourne (Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (Melbourne Gardens), Oak Lawn).

Source: Spencer, R. (1997). Fagaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.