Ilex suaveolens Loes.

Species

Angiosperms > Aquifoliales > Aquifoliaceae > Ilex

Characteristics

Trees evergreen, 7-15 m tall. Young branchlets brown, angular, glabrous throughout; older branchlets subterete; lenticels raised, elliptic. Petiole 1.5-2 cm, winged; leaf blade olivaceous when dry, ovate or elliptic, 5-6.5(-10) × 2-2.5(-4) cm, leathery, both surfaces glabrous, midvein raised on both surfaces, lateral veins 8-10 pairs, slightly raised on both surfaces, reticulate veins ± evident on both surfaces, base broadly cuneate, decurrent, margin sparsely and minutely crenate, slightly incurved, apex acuminate, acumen triangular. Flowers not known. Infructescences: cymes of order 2 or 3, solitary, axillary, 3-7-fruited, sometimes umbelliform; peduncles (1-)1.5-2 cm, angular, glabrous; fruiting pedicels 5-8 mm, glabrous. Fruit red, narrowly globose, ca. 9 mm, ca. 6 mm in diam.; persistent calyx ca. 2 mm in diam., 5-lobed, lobes broadly triangular, not ciliate; persistent stigma mammilliform; pyrenes 4, oblong, ca. 8 mm, ca. 3 mm in diam., endocarp stony. Fl. Jun, fr. unknown.
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Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 9.0 - 13.0
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Evergreen broad-leaved forests; at elevations from 600-1,600 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Ilex suaveolens world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Ilex suaveolens threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:83765-1
WFO ID wfo-0001219353
COL ID 3PFXS
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Synonyms

Celastrus suaveolens Ilex debaoensis Ilex suaveolens