[2] Trees in Lithocarpus are commonly known as the stone oaks and differ from Quercus primarily because they produce insect-pollinated flowers.

Lithocarpus revolutus are often smallish trees up to 12 metres (40 ft) tall with a trunk diameter of up to 30 cm (12 in).

The thick and coriaceous leaves are glabrous and distinctive because the margins are typically rolled in towards the midrib on the leaf's underside.

The leaves can be large, measuring up to 20 cm (8 in) long and are obovate and the same color on both the upper and lower sides (concolorous).

The cupules cover only the lower part of the nut and are flat and saucer shaped with relatively obscure squamose or muricate scales densely arranged on the outer surface.