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| − | + | '''Yerba mate''' or '''yerba-mate''' (Br.) ({{lang-es|yerba mate}}, {{lang-pt|erva-mate}}), '''''Ilex paraguariensis''''', is a [[species]] of [[holly]] (family [[Aquifoliaceae]]) native to subtropical [[South America]] in northeastern [[Argentina]], [[Bolivia]], [[Paraguay]] and southern [[Brazil]].<ref>{{IUCN2006|assessors=World Conservation Monitoring Centre|year=1998|id=32982|title=Ilex paraguariensis|downloaded=9 May 2006}}</ref> It was first scientifically classified by Swiss botanist Moses Bertoni, who settled in Paraguay in 1895. | |
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| + | The yerba mate plant is a [[shrub]] or small [[tree]] growing up to 15 [[metre|meters]] tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are [[evergreen]], 7–11 [[centimetre|cm]] long and 3–5.5 cm wide, with a serrated margin. The [[flower]]s are small, greenish-white, with four petals. The [[fruit]] is a red [[drupe]] 4–6 mm in diameter.<ref>[http://www.ushuaia.pl/yerba/what Yerba mate — what?] at Ushuaia.pl.</ref> | ||
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| − | Ilex paraguariensis, St. Hil. (I. paraguensis, Don). Shrub or small tree, to 20 ft.: branchlets glabrous or puberulous: lvs. obovate to obovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, narrowed at the base, obtuse or short and obtusely acuminate, crenate-serrate, glabrous or pubescent below, 3-5, rarely to 10 in. long: fls. axillary, fascicled or in stalked cymes: fr. globose or ovoid, 1/5 – ¼ in. across, red or reddish brown. Brazil | + | Ilex paraguariensis, St. Hil. (I. paraguensis, Don). Shrub or small tree, to 20 ft.: branchlets glabrous or puberulous: lvs. obovate to obovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, narrowed at the base, obtuse or short and obtusely acuminate, crenate-serrate, glabrous or pubescent below, 3-5, rarely to 10 in. long: fls. axillary, fascicled or in stalked cymes: fr. globose or ovoid, 1/5 – ¼ in. across, red or reddish brown. Brazil. |
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Yerba mate or yerba-mate (Br.) (Template:Lang-es, Template:Lang-pt), Ilex paraguariensis, is a species of holly (family Aquifoliaceae) native to subtropical South America in northeastern Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and southern Brazil.[1] It was first scientifically classified by Swiss botanist Moses Bertoni, who settled in Paraguay in 1895.
The yerba mate plant is a shrub or small tree growing up to 15 meters tall. The leaves are evergreen, 7–11 cm long and 3–5.5 cm wide, with a serrated margin. The flowers are small, greenish-white, with four petals. The fruit is a red drupe 4–6 mm in diameter.[2]
ExpandRead about Yerba maté in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Yerba mate growing in the wild.
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References
- ↑ Template:IUCN2006
- ↑ Yerba mate — what? at Ushuaia.pl.
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
- w:Yerba maté. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Yerba maté QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)
