Quercus rotundifolia Lam.
An evergreen tree up to 20 m tall. Bark greyish, fissured; twigs downy. Leaves leathery, rounded to broadly oval or eliptical, 2 to 5 cm long; dark green to blue-grey green and smooth above, densely grey-pubescent underneath with prominent veins. Margins wavy, entire to more or less prickly-toothed. Male flowers in slender pendulour catkins; female flowers solitary or in pairs. Fruit ripen in the second year; cup 2 to 3 cm, covering less than half of the acorn, covered with flat scales; acorn sweet-tasting, of very variable size.
Local: Very rare in Gibraltar. One tree inside North Gorge, and a couple of others in gardens.
Global: Found growing in general woodland throughout the western Mediterranean region.
Flowers between February, March, April and May.