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From English language Wikipedia article: " It is native to Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador. Honduras, and Nicaragua) and to Mexico as far north as Hidalgo and Sinaloa"
From Spanish Language Wikipedia Quercus xalapensis page: Quercus xalapensis was described by Humb. & Bonpl. And published in Plantae Aequinoctiales 2: 24, pl. 75. 1809. 2 (1,2) Quercus xalapensis is a tree that grows up to 10-30 m in height and trunk of 45 to 150 in diameter. The bark is rough, gray, dark, thick. The branches measure 1-3 mm in diameter. In the first year without hair, or slightly pubescent, dark red brown brown twist, with raised white lenticels; Ovoid cocoons, 2-4 mm long, with pubescent scales. The leaves measure 7-19 by 2-7 cm, persistent, thick, lanceolate to elliptic or ovate more or less narrow, apex acute, acuminate, sometimes wedged base truncated or chordate, thick margin, with pointed bristles on teeth near Of the apex, slightly revoluta without hair; Previously, or with some glandular hairs near the base, tufts of stellate hairs below the armpits of the veins, 8-12 pairs of veins; Petiole 0, 5-3 cm long, glabrescent. The male inflorescences 6-10 cm long. The inflorescences are pistilades and very short, with flowers 1-3. The acorns measure 1.8-2.4 cm, ovoid, mucronate, alone or in pairs in a stalk of 0.4-0.8 cm long; Dome of half cane with opaque scales, of brown color, attaching a third to 1/2 of the pericarp of the fruit, inside pubescent, with a maturation of 2 years. 1. Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre. 1809. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2: 24-26 short description in Latin, longer description plus commentary and figure captions in French 2. Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre. 1809. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2: plate 75 drawing of Quercus xalapensis
This tree has no known history as an ornamental. It is noted for its charcoal production.