''Quercus griffithii'', called paisang, is a species of oak native to the eastern

Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over ...

, Tibet, south-central and southeast China, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam. It is in the subgenus ''Quercus'', section ''Quercus''. Some authorities feel that it could be a synonym of '' Quercus aliena'' var. ''acutiserrata''. It is a

deciduous In the fields of horticulture and Botany, the term ''deciduous'' () means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, a ...

tree reaching with an oblong crown, typically found from above sea level. It is a locally important fuelwood and fodder species.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q10933976 griffithii Plants described in 1864