Ilex odorata Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 189 (1825) (syn: Ilex gaultheriifolia Kurz ; Ilex odorata var. teysmannii Loes. ; Ilex theifolia Hook.f. ; Myrsine theifolia Wall. );
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Himalaya to Indo-China: Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO;
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Common name: Fragrant Himalayan Holly
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MS, Oct.,2023/12 Tree for id: 2 images.
Location : Hmuifang, Mizoram
Altitude : ca.1,500 m
Date : 27-10-2023
Habit : Tree., 3 seeds in a fruit
Habitat : Wild
Looks like some Ilex species.
Check with Drypetes sps..!
Looks like a species of Ilex. Perhaps Ilex odorata or Ilex pseudo-odorata
After … suggestion, I think it agrees with Ilex odorata. Following is the description from Flora of India:
Ilex odorata
Evergreen trees, 5-7 m tall; bark brownish grey, smooth, covered with white streaks. Leaves elliptic-oblong, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 3-8 x 1.5-3 cm, apex acute to shortly caudate-acuminate,acumen 5-17 mm long, margin serrate, coriaceous, shining above, pale below, base acute, cuneate; lateral nerves 7-9 pairs, slender; petioles ca 0.7 cm long, channelled; stipules 2, 0.5-0.75 mm long, caducous. Male inflorescence in axillary corymbose cymes. Flowers 4-5-merous, white; bracts small, caducous. Peduncles 0.5- 3 mm long, pedicels 1-4 mm long. Calyx 1.75-2 mm broad; lobes ovate, rounded, deltoid. Petals oblong-lanceolate, 2.5-3 x 1-2 mm, united below. Stamens longer than petals; anthers ellipsoid. Female inflorescence fascicled or crowded on short axillary branches; pedicels 2-6 mm long, Staminodes shorter than petals. Drupes pedicellate, globose or ovoid, 4-6 mm across, red-brown to black when ripe, rugose. Pyrenes 4-5, trigonous, 2.75-4 x 1.8-2 mm, 3-costate.
Fls. & Frts. : April – June.
Fls. & Frts. : April – June.
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References:
POWO Catalogue of Life GBIF (High resolution specimens) High resolution specimen India Flora Online Flowers of India India Biodiversity Portal IBIS Flora
