Vasilis Teodoridis:
Aquifoliaceae | Ilex
197. Ilex macrocarpa Oliver; Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 18: t. 1787. 1888.
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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) x (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 x 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.
? Forests; mountains; valleys; roadsides; 400-4500 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Henan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; S Shaanxi; Sichuan; Yunnan; Zhejiang.