Ilex macrocarpa Oliv.

Species

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Characteristics

Trees deciduous, 5-10(-17) m tall. Branchlets castaneous or gray-brown; lenticels conspicuous, glabrous or pubescent; spur branchlets 4-10 cm. Stipules very minute, often obscure; petiole 1-1.2 cm, adaxially narrowly sulcate, sparsely minutely puberulent; leaf blade abaxially greenish, adaxially deep green, ovate or ovate-elliptic, rarely oblong-elliptic, (3-)4-13(-15) × (2-)4-6 cm, papery, both surfaces glabrous or sparsely and minutely puberulent when young, or pubescent, midvein abaxially raised, glabrous or sometimes sparsely and minutely puberulent, adaxially flat or impressed, sparsely and minutely puberulent or glabrous, lateral veins 8-10 pairs, raised abaxially, flat or slightly raised adaxially, anastomosing near margin, reticulate veins evident on both surfaces, base rounded or obtuse, margin shallowly serrate, apex acuminate to shortly acuminate. Male inflorescences: cymes of order 1-3, 1-5-flowered, solitary or fasciculate, axillary on first to second year’s branchlets; peduncles 2-3 mm; pedicels 3-7 mm, glabrous or pubescent; flowers white, 5-or 6-merous; calyx patelliform, shallowly 5-or 6-lobed, lobes deltoid-ovate, ciliate; corolla ca. 7 mm in diam., petals obovate-oblong, ca. 3 × 1.5-2 mm, basally slightly connate; stamens ca. as long as petals, anthers oblong; rudimentary ovary pulvinate, apex slightly retuse. Female inflorescences: 1-flowered cymes, solitary, axillary on leaves or scales; pedicels 6-18 mm, glabrous or pubescent; bracteoles 2, basal; flowers 7-9-merous; calyx ca. 5 mm in diam., shallowly 7-9-lobed, lobes ovate-deltoid, apex obtuse or rounded, ciliate; corolla 1-1.2 cm in diam.; staminodes ca. 2/3 as long as petals, sterile anthers sagittate, apex obtuse; ovary conical-ovoid, base ca. 3 mm in diam., style present, stigma columnar, glabrous. Fruit black, globose, 1-1.4 cm in diam.; fruiting pedicel 1-3.3 cm; persistent calyx explanate; persistent stigma columnar; pyrenes 7-9, oblong, laterally compressed, abaxially 3-striate, 2-sulcate, laterally reticulately striate and sulcate, endocarp stony. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Oct-Nov.
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A tree. It grows 5-10 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaves are oval and 4-13 cm long by 4-6 cm wide. There are sharp teeth along the edge. Male and female flowers are separate.
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a subtropical plant. In China it grows in forests and mountain valleys between 400-4,500 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
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Forests, mountains, valleys, roadsides; at elevations from 400-4500 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Ilex macrocarpa world distribution map, present in China and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:83478-1
WFO ID wfo-0001219382
COL ID 3PFMT
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Synonyms

Ilex macrocarpa Ilex henryi Ilex poneantha Celastrus salicifolius Ilex macrocarpa var. trichophylla Ilex macrocarpa var. macrocarpa Ilex dubia var. hupehensis Ilex montana var. hupehensis Ilex macrocarpa var. brevipedunculata

Lower taxons

Ilex macrocarpa var. reevesiae