Ilex hemiepiphytica
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| Ilex hemiepiphytica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Aquifoliales |
| Family: | Aquifoliaceae |
| Genus: | Ilex |
| Species: | I. hemiepiphytica |
| Binomial name | |
| Ilex hemiepiphytica | |
Ilex hemiepiphytica is a plant species known only from Costa Rica.[1]
Ilex hemiepiphytica is a tree up to 18 m tall, sometimes epiphytic when young (unusual in the genus). Leaves are thick and leathery, green above, olive or yellow-green below, elliptic to ovate, up to 13 cm long. Leaf margins are toothed with a spine at the tip of each tooth. Flowers are greenish to white, borne in small groups of the axils of the leaves. Fruits are spherical, red or purple, about 4 mm in diameter.[2][3]