Quercus myrsinifolia is an Asian species of tree in the beech family Fagaceae. It has several common names, including bamboo-leaf oak,[4]Chinese evergreen oak, and Chinese ring-cupped oak. Its Chinese name is 小叶青冈; pinyin: xiǎo yè qīng gāng, which means little leaf ring-cupped oak (literally translated as little leaf green ridge tree), in Japan it is called white oak (白樫, shirakashi, not to be confused with Quercus alba) and in Korea it is known as gasinamu (가시나무).[5] It is native to east central and southeast China, Japan, Korea, Laos, northern Thailand, and Vietnam.[6][7] It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis.[8]