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Ilex malabarica

Ilex malabarica
Photo: Govindoo, Public domain

Ilex malabarica is a tree from western India in the holly family, Aquifoliaceae. Little is recorded about cultivation, so treat its care needs as tentative and suited to a warm, seasonally dry climate.

Family
Aquifoliaceae (Aquifoli family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly during the growing season and let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained loam or sandy loam with organic matter.
Temperature
18 to 32 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. India
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Ilex malabarica is a species of plant in the family Aquifoliaceae. It is native to western India.

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 malabarica 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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