Leaf: petioled; adaxially generally shiny.
Flower: sepals persistent in fruit; petals oblong or obovate.
Fruit: pulpy.
Species In Genus: 300--400 species: especially tropics.
Etymology: (Latin: name for Medit holly-oak,
Quercus ilex L.)
Note: Ilex cornuta Lindl. & Paxton occasionally persisting from cultivation.
Jepson eFlora Author: Elizabeth McClintock
Reference: Zika 2010 Madroño 57:1--10
Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange)
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