Ilex Rotunda

Ilex rotunda thunb

Flower name
Ilex Rotunda
Scientific name
Ilex rotunda thunb
Aliasクロガネノキ, 黒鉄の木, Kurogane Holly, Round Leaf Holly, 黒鉄黐
Place of originChina, Japan
Place of floweringLow mountains, Park, Streets, Planting
Flowering seasonMay, June

What is Ilex Rotunda

Ilex Rotunda is an evergreen tree of the family aquifoliaceae native to Japan and China. Autumn red spherical fruits on the branches weighed down; The bark is white and smooth.Leaves similar to Camellia in, in green, oval-shaped, with palmately lobed leaves the entire leaf margins followed. The flower is named black-purple (color kurogane) petioles and shoots, and in the Aquifoliaceae. Fruit-eating birds to come in their droppings carried away seeds and breeding. 　

Common name: Ilex Rotunda, scientific name: Ilex rotunda, aka: Iron wood, Holly Kurogane,kurogane Holly, Round Leaf Holly, origin: China, Japan, height: 10-20 m, the bark color: grey/white, leaf blade: 5 cm, leaf: oval, leaf table colour: dark green, leaves back colors: light green, dioecious, inflorescence: umbel, flower color: pale purple white, Male diameter:0.5 cm, female diameter:0.5 cm, flowering period: May-June fruiting period: October-January, fruit color: red, fruit diameter: spherical, the fruit diameter:0.5~0.6 cm.