Quercus franchetii, commonly known as the zhui lian li evergreen oak, is a species of oak in the section Quercus sect. Cerris, native to a wide area of eastern Asia. It is an oak native of China (Sichuan and Yunnan), northern Thailand and Vietnam where it grows at an altitude between 800 and 2600 meters. In nature, it forms an evergreen tree up to 15 m (50 ft) high. Sometimes, it is shrubby. When older with an irregular and tortuous branches. The branches are covered with a creamy white tomentum very long lasting. The buds are small, globular with pointed apex, reddish and white ciliated edge.