Ilex integra
Credits
Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
Recommended citation
'Ilex integra' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Genus
Synonyms
- Othera japonica Thunb.
Infraspecifics
Other taxa in genus
- Ilex × altaclarensis
- Ilex aquifolium
- Ilex bioritsensis
- Ilex buergeri
- Ilex cassine
- Ilex ciliospinosa
- Ilex corallina
- Ilex cornuta
- Ilex crenata
- Ilex cyrtura
- Ilex decidua
- Ilex dipyrena
- Ilex fargesii
- Ilex forrestii
- Ilex geniculata
- Ilex glabra
- Ilex hayatana
- Ilex hookeri
- Ilex intricata
- Ilex kingiana
- Ilex laevigata
- Ilex latifolia
- Ilex linii
- Ilex macrocarpa
- Ilex melanotricha
- Ilex mitis
- Ilex montana
- Ilex nothofagifolia
- Ilex opaca
- Ilex pedunculosa
- Ilex perado
- Ilex pernyi
- Ilex purpurea
- Ilex rotunda
- Ilex rubra
- Ilex rugosa
- Ilex serrata
- Ilex shennongjiaensis
- Ilex spinigera
- Ilex verticillata
- Ilex vomitoria
- Ilex yunnanensis
An evergreen tree 30 to 40 ft high in Japan, about half as high at present in this country, pyramidal when young; young shoots angled, glabrous. Leaves obovate or oval, 11⁄2 to 4 in. long, 3⁄4 to 11⁄4 in. wide, tapered more gradually, to the stalk than to the blunt apex, margin quite devoid of teeth or spines, dark glossy green; stalk 1⁄4 to 1⁄2 in. long. Fruits deep red, globose, nearly 1⁄2 in. in diameter.
Native of Japan, Korea, and possibly of Formosa; introduced in 1864. This is distinct from the large-leaved hollies in the entire absence of spines on the leaves of either old or young plants. It is a handsome evergreen, slightly tender when raised from seed the first one or two winters, but perfectly hardy afterwards. A form with yellow fruits is cultivated in Japan.
var. leucoclada Maxim.
Synonyms
I. leucoclada (Maxim.) Mak