Ilex crenata
Box-leaved Holly, Japanese holly, Box-leaf Holly, Ilex crenata
Description
Plant of the Aquifoliaceae family, native to the temperate zones of China and Japan. Shrubby, has small, dark green, persistent foliage with slightly pointed leaf apex. A dioecious plant, in female specimens it produces small white flowers that ripen to form small berries.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Aquifoliales
- Family
- Aquifoliaceae
- Genus
- Ilex
- Species
- Ilex crenata
