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Ilex khasiana

Ilex khasiana is a rare tree in the holly family, known from very few specimens in Meghalaya, northeast India. It is not a common garden plant, so care is mostly inferred from related hollies.

Family
Aquifoliaceae (Aquifoli family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during growth and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, slightly acidic, humus-rich soil.
Temperature
10–25 °C; protect from frost and heat above 30 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Assam
Climate
subtropical

About

Ilex khasiana is a species of plant in the family Aquifoliaceae. It is endemic to Meghalaya state in northeast India. Four very rare specimens grow on Shillong Peak, 10 km west of Shillong, Meghalaya.

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 khasiana 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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