Ilex chapaensis Merr.

Species

Angiosperms > Aquifoliales > Aquifoliaceae > Ilex

Characteristics

Trees deciduous, 9-16 m tall. Branchlets castaneous, minutely sparsely puberulent or glabrescent, with numerous conspicuous lenticels and raised leaf scars; spur branchlets 3-5 mm, with scales and raised leaf scars. Stipules persistent, deltoid, minute; petiole 1.2-3 cm, adaxially deeply and narrowly sulcate, distal ends narrowly winged by decurrent leaf base, glabrous; leaf blade brown-olivaceous when dry, ovate-elliptic or oblong-elliptic to elliptic, 5-11 × 3-3.5 cm, papery or thinly leathery, both surfaces glabrous, rarely puberulent on both surfaces when young, midvein impressed adaxially, lateral veins 8-10 pairs, raised abaxially, slightly impressed or flat adaxially, glabrous, anastomosing near margin, reticulate veins evident abaxially, base obtuse or acute, rarely rounded, margin crenulate-serrulate, apex shortly acuminate or obtuse, rarely rounded. Male inflorescences: cymes of order 1-3, 1-5-flowered, pseudofasciculate; peduncles 1-2 mm; pedicels 2-4 mm; 1-flowered pedicels ca. 3 mm, puberulent; bracteoles 2, basal; flowers 6-8-merous; calyx ca. 4 mm in diam., glabrous or puberulent, 6-8-lobed, lobes orbicular, ciliate; petals obovate-oblong, 4-5 mm, basally slightly connate, ciliate; stamens ca. as long as petals, anthers ovoid-oblong; rudimentary ovary conical, rostellate, apex shallowly lobed. Female inflorescences: 1-flowered cymes, solitary, axillary at scales of spur branchlets, rarely at leaf axis; pedicels 6-10 mm, puberulent; bracteoles 2, basal; calyx 6-or 7-lobed, as in male flowers; corolla suberect, ca. 8 mm in diam., petals ca. 4 mm; staminodes ca. 2/3 as long as petals, sterile anthers sagittate; ovary ovoid, ca. 2 mm, style present, puberulent, stigma capitate, ca. 2 mm, conspicuously lobed. Fruit green when mature (black when drying), globose, 1.2-2 cm in diam.; persistent calyx explanate; persistent stigma columnar; pyrenes 6 or 7, oblong, ca. 1.3 cm, ca. 4 mm in diam., abaxially 3-striate, 2-sulcate, laterally 1-or 2-striate and sulcate, endocarp bony. Fl. Apr, fr. Oct-Nov.
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A tree. It grows 9-16 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The branches are reddish-brown. The leaves are oval and 5-11 cm long by 3-4 cm wide. There are rounded teeth along the edge. Male and female flowers are separate. The fruit are green when ripe. They are 1-2 cm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 9.5 - 13.0
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OctNovDec
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AprMayJun
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OctNovDec
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in sparse forests between 500-3,000 m above sea level in southern China. In Yunnan.
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Sparse forests, mixed forests on mountains; at elevations from 500-3,000 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

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Edible fruits
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Distribution

Ilex chapaensis world distribution map, present in China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Ilex chapaensis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:83146-1
WFO ID wfo-0001219396
COL ID 6N6VF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ilex howii Ilex chapaensis Ilex megistocarpa