Evergreen trees or shrubs. Stipules very small. Inflorescences axillary. Petals shortly connate at the base, imbricate. Stamens as many as the petals. Style absent. Ovules 1 in each loculus. Fruit of 4–5(9) single-seeded pyrenes.
Derivation of name: from the Latin name for the Holm oak, Quercus ilex, which has holly-like leaves,
Worldwide: c. 400 species, cosmopolitan, but mainly tropical and temperate Asia and America.
Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24
Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A.(2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Ilex. https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=884, retrieved 19 April 2024
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