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Ilex kelabitana

Ilex kelabitana is a small tree, up to about 7 metres tall, native to the forests of Borneo and named after the Kelabit Highlands of Sarawak. It is a wild forest species rarely grown in gardens, so little cultivation information exists.

Family
Aquifoliaceae (Aquifoli family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Soil
Acidic, well-drained soil, as in its native kerangas (heath) forest habitat
Temperature
Warm, wet tropical conditions; cold tolerance unknown
How easy
Hard
Native range
Borneo
Climate
wet tropical

About

Ilex kelabitana is a tree in the family Aquifoliaceae, native to Borneo. It is named for the Kelabit Highlands of Sarawak.

Where it grows

Ilex kelabitana is endemic to Borneo, where it is recorded from Sarawak and Kalimantan. Its habitat is in kerangas forests, at elevations to around 1,300 m (4,300 ft).

Other Ilex plants

Ilex abscondita · Ilex acutidenticulata · Ilex affinis · Ilex altiplana · Carolina holly · Sarvis holly · Ilex amygdalina · Ilex andicola · Hawai'i holly · Ilex anonoides · English holly · Ilex aracamuniana

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ilex kelabitana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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