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Ilex kusanoi

Ilex kusanoi is a small deciduous holly tree native to subtropical islands of the Ryukyus and Taiwan, growing from sea level up to about 400 m. It is a wild species rarely grown in gardens, so care advice is based on general holly cultivation.

Family
Aquifoliaceae (Aquifoli family)
Grows as
Tree, Orchid
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Water regularly while young and in dry spells, letting the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Moist, well-drained, slightly acidic soil rich in organic matter.
Temperature
15–28 °C; protect below 0 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Nansei-shotō (Amami-ōshima) to Taiwan (Lü Dao, Lan Yü)
Climate
subtropical

About

Ilex kusanoi is a species of flowering plant in the holly family Aquifoliaceae, native to Green Island and Orchid Island of Taiwan and Amami Ōshima of the Ryukyu Islands. It is a deciduous tree found growing from sea level up to 400 m (1,300 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 kusanoi 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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