| Ilex integra,
an evergreen tree found in evergreen forests near seacoasts, grows
to 6-10m, rarely 30m in height, with smooth gray-white barks. Leaves
are alternate, blades measure 4-7cm long, 2-3cm wide, oblong-shaped,
with pointed tips and bases, and margins are entire in adults and
serrated with young trees. Dioecious: Axils emerge short branches on
top of which set yellow-green flowers in bundles. Male flowers are
together with 2-15 in number, females 1-4. Petals are four oblong,
3mm in length. Sepals are 4, broad-triangular. Drupes, spherical,
about 1cm across, mature in red in November- December. Bloom time:
April. |
Wild plants in and around Shimane
島根とその周辺の野生植物