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Ilex taubertiana

Ilex taubertiana is a shrub or small tree from the holly family, native to montane rain and cloud forests in southeastern and southern Brazil. It is rarely grown in gardens and is mainly of interest to botanists and those studying maté adulteration.

Family
Aquifoliaceae (Aquifoli family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during growth and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Moist, well-drained, slightly acidic soil rich in organic matter.
Temperature
10–25 °C; protect below 0 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. & S. Brazil
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Ilex taubertiana is a species of flowering plant of the family Aquifoliaceae. It is native to Brazil, typically in Atlantic Forest, where it is found in montane rain forests and cloud forests.

It is occasionally used to adulterate maté.

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 taubertiana 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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