Ilex fragilis

Ilex fragilis Hook. fil., Fl. Brit. India 1: 602 (1875) (syn: Ilex burmanica Merr. ; Ilex fragilis f. genuina Loes.; Ilex fragilis f. kingii Loes. ; Ilex fragilis f. subcoriacea C.J.Tseng ; Ilex opienensis S.Y.Hu);
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Central Himalaya to S. Central China and N. Indo-China: Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam as per POWO;

Hook. f. ; glabrous, leaves 4-5 in. elliptic or ovate sub- caudate-acuminate serrulate membranous, flowers 5-merous all fascicled, drupe 1/8 in. with 5-8 stones.
SIKKIM and BHOTAN HIMALAYA, alt. 7-10,000 ft., Griffith. KHASIA MTS. at Suru¬reem, alt. 5000 ft., H. f. & T. T.
A small tree, with very brittle branches, quite glabrous. Leaves bright deep green, more membranous than in any of the Indian species, very strongly reticulate with many raised nerves beneath ; petiole 1/2-2/3 in. Flowers 1/8 in. diam., both male and female fascicled ; pedicels 1/8-1/6 in., glabrous. Calyx-lobes rounded-oblong. Petals spreading, broadly oblong, obtuse, united at the base in both sexes. Stamens shorter than the petals, filaments stout, inserted on the corolla in both sexes. Drupes 1/6 in. diam., on short stout pedicels, fleshy, red, globose, stigma rather large and tumid, stones thickly coriaceous.
(As per IBIS Flora (Flora of British India))
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