Ilex gardneriana Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4: t. 1217 (1848);
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India (Nilgiri Hills) as per POWO;
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Trees, branchlets glabrous, terete. Leaves simple, alternate; petiole 10-20 mm long, slender, glabrous, grooved above; lamina 5-7.5 x 2-2.5 cm, elliptic-oblong, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, base obtuse or round, apex acuminate, margin entire, revolute, coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 7-8 pairs, pinnate, obscure, intercostae reticulate. Flowers unisexual, 5-merous;male flowers: solitary or in fascicles; peduncle ca. 1.2 cm long; pedicel 0.6 cm long, slender; calyx lobes 5, 1.5 x 1 mm, triangular, ciliolate; petals 5, oblong, obtuse, connate at base; stamens as long as petals. Fruit a berry 4.5 x 3 mm, yellowish, glabrous.
Flowering and fruiting: March-April
Shola forests
Southern Western Ghats
(Attributions: Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi as per India Biodiversity Portal)
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ID KK 05: 2 images.
Please identify this small tree near a water body at Kodaikanal Tamilnadu 27/10/25
Same as at ID KC 03
Ilex gardneriana Wight
Looks different from illustration and specimen at
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:83320-1/general-information
https://www.gbif.org/taxon/3PFFP
Leaf in the post looked a bit different.
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ID KC 03: 2 images.
Please identify this small tree from Kodaikanal Tamilnadu 27/10/25
Pl. try
https://efloraofindia.com/efi/ilex/
Ilex sp.?
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References:
POWO GBIF (High resolution specimens) India Flora Online India Biodiversity Portal Wikipedia iNaturalist