Ilex brevicuspis Reissek

Species

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Characteristics

A tree. It grows 10-20 m high. The trunk is 30-60 cm across. The bark is smooth. The crown is tall and pyramid shaped. The leaves are papery. They are 2.5-6 cm long by 1.2-1.9 cm wide. The flowers are small and in groups in the axils of leaves. The fruit is a berry with 2-4 seeds and a thin pulp.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality -
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) 0.3 - 0.6
Mature height (meter) 12.5 - 17.5
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in forests in the Amazon in Brazil. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 1,200 m above sea level.
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An understorey tree in Araucaria forest and in the Atlantic rainforest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The leaves are used as a blend for erva-mate tea but it is not popular.
Uses charcoal food gene source medicinal tea timber wood
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed. The ripe fruit are harvested and the seeds squeezed out under running water. The seeds need to be buried in cold damp soil for 6 months and fresh seed may take one year to germinate. Seedlings can be transplanted in to the field after 10 months.
Mode seedlings
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Germination treatment soaking
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Images

Fruit

Ilex brevicuspis fruit picture by JP Corrêa Carvalho (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Ilex brevicuspis world distribution map, present in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:83101-1
WFO ID wfo-0001078416
COL ID 3PF8K
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ilex caaguazuensis Ilex brevicuspis