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| synonyms: Tarajo |
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| tree/shrub type: Broad leaved trees and shrubs |
| foliage: Evergreen |
| size: Smaller garden trees (up to 10m) |
| leaf type: Simple leaves |
| types of fruit: Trees and shrubs with decorative fruit or berries |
| flowering period: Spring |
| leaf colour: Leaves green |
| plants for a purpose: Plants for hedging, Shade Tolerant Plants |
| growing conditions: Frost tolerant plants USDA zone 7 to -10°F or -22°C |
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Ilex latifolia Thunb. Tarajo.(Aquifoliaceae) An evergreen tree with spineless or few-spined leaves, native of S Japan and SE China, growing in forests, and commonly planted near temples, flowering in May. Tree to 20m, usually less in gardens. Leaves 12-20 x 4-8cm, oblong, with very short spiny teeth. Flowers yellow-green in masses in the leaf axils. Berries red, c. 8mm across. Min. -5°C. This is one of the parents of the hardier, large-leaved Ilex x keohniana ‘Chestnut Leaf’. Z7. |
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