Vasilis Teodoridis:
Aquifoliaceae | Ilex
74. Ilex latifolia Thunberg in Murray; Syst. Veg.; ed. 14. 168. 1784.
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Ilex latifolia var. tarajo (Göppert) Lavallée; Ilex tarajo Göppert.
Trees evergreen; to 20 m tall; ca. 60 cm d.b.h.; glabrous throughout; bark gray-black; smooth. Branches yellow-brown or brown; strong; longitudinally ridged and sulcate; smooth; leaf scars evidently raised; broadly discoid or semicircular. Leaves on first to third year’s branchlets; stipules broadly deltoid; very minute; apically acute; petiole subterete; 1.5-2.5 cm; ca. 3 mm in diam.; abaxially rugose; adaxially slightly impressed; leaf blade abaxially greenish; adaxially deep green; shiny; oblong or ovate-oblong; 8-19(-28) x 4.5-7.5(-9) cm; thickly leathery; midvein impressed adaxially; lateral veins 12-17 pairs; obscure abaxially; obvious adaxially; base rounded or broadly cuneate; margin sparsely serrate; teeth black at tips; apex obtuse or shortly acuminate. Inflorescences: cymes; pseudopaniculate or pseudoracemose; axillary on second year’s branchlets; rachis 1-2 cm; bud scales persistent; rounded; imbricate; flowers yellowish green; 4-merous. Male inflorescences: cymes of order 2-4; 3-9-flowered; pseudopaniculate; peduncles ca. 2 mm; bracts ovate or lanceolate; 5-7 x 3-5 mm; pedicels 6-8 mm; bracteoles 1 or 2; deltoid; calyx subcupuliform; ca. 3.5 mm in diam.; 4-lobed; lobes orbicular; corolla rotate; ca. 9 mm in diam.; petals ovate-oblong; ca. 3.5 x 2.5 mm; basally connate; stamens ca. as long as petals; anthers ovoid-oblong; rudimentary ovary subglobose; apex 4-lobed. Female inflorescences: cymes of order 1 or 2; 1-3-flowered; pseudopaniculate or pseudoracemose; peduncles ca. 2 mm; 1-flowered pedicels 5-8 mm; bracteoles 1 or 2; calyx patelliform; ca. 3 mm in diam.; corolla erect; ca. 5 mm in diam.; petals 4; ovate; ca. 3 x 2 mm; staminodes ca. 1/3 as long as petals; sterile anthers ovoid; minute; ovary ovoid; ca. 2 mm in diam.; stigma discoid; 4-lobed. Fruit red; globose; ca. 7 mm in diam.; persistent stigma thinly discoid; persistent calyx explanate; discoid; exocarp thick; smooth; pyrenes 4; oblong-ellipsoidal; ca. 5 mm; ca. 2.5 mm in diam.; abaxially irregularly rugose and pitted; with distinct longitudinal ridges; endocarp stony. Fl. Apr-May; fr. Sep-Oct.
Evergreen broad-leaved forests; shrub forests; bamboo forests; 200-1500 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Henan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Japan].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Aquifoliaceae | Ilex
74. Ilex latifolia Thunberg in Murray; Syst. Veg.; ed. 14. 168. 1784.
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Ilex latifolia var. tarajo (Göppert) Lavallée; Ilex tarajo Göppert.
Trees evergreen; to 20 m tall; ca. 60 cm d.b.h.; glabrous throughout; bark gray-black; smooth. Branches yellow-brown or brown; strong; longitudinally ridged and sulcate; smooth; leaf scars evidently raised; broadly discoid or semicircular. Leaves on first to third year’s branchlets; stipules broadly deltoid; very minute; apically acute; petiole subterete; 1.5-2.5 cm; ca. 3 mm in diam.; abaxially rugose; adaxially slightly impressed; leaf blade abaxially greenish; adaxially deep green; shiny; oblong or ovate-oblong; 8-19(-28) x 4.5-7.5(-9) cm; thickly leathery; midvein impressed adaxially; lateral veins 12-17 pairs; obscure abaxially; obvious adaxially; base rounded or broadly cuneate; margin sparsely serrate; teeth black at tips; apex obtuse or shortly acuminate. Inflorescences: cymes; pseudopaniculate or pseudoracemose; axillary on second year’s branchlets; rachis 1-2 cm; bud scales persistent; rounded; imbricate; flowers yellowish green; 4-merous. Male inflorescences: cymes of order 2-4; 3-9-flowered; pseudopaniculate; peduncles ca. 2 mm; bracts ovate or lanceolate; 5-7 x 3-5 mm; pedicels 6-8 mm; bracteoles 1 or 2; deltoid; calyx subcupuliform; ca. 3.5 mm in diam.; 4-lobed; lobes orbicular; corolla rotate; ca. 9 mm in diam.; petals ovate-oblong; ca. 3.5 x 2.5 mm; basally connate; stamens ca. as long as petals; anthers ovoid-oblong; rudimentary ovary subglobose; apex 4-lobed. Female inflorescences: cymes of order 1 or 2; 1-3-flowered; pseudopaniculate or pseudoracemose; peduncles ca. 2 mm; 1-flowered pedicels 5-8 mm; bracteoles 1 or 2; calyx patelliform; ca. 3 mm in diam.; corolla erect; ca. 5 mm in diam.; petals 4; ovate; ca. 3 x 2 mm; staminodes ca. 1/3 as long as petals; sterile anthers ovoid; minute; ovary ovoid; ca. 2 mm in diam.; stigma discoid; 4-lobed. Fruit red; globose; ca. 7 mm in diam.; persistent stigma thinly discoid; persistent calyx explanate; discoid; exocarp thick; smooth; pyrenes 4; oblong-ellipsoidal; ca. 5 mm; ca. 2.5 mm in diam.; abaxially irregularly rugose and pitted; with distinct longitudinal ridges; endocarp stony. Fl. Apr-May; fr. Sep-Oct.
Evergreen broad-leaved forests; shrub forests; bamboo forests; 200-1500 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Henan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Japan].