Ilex dipyrena

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Read about Ilex dipyrena in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Ilex dipyrena, Wall. Tree, to 40 ft.: branchlets glabrous: lvs. short-petioled, elliptic-ovate to ovate- oblong, broadly cuneate or nearly rounded at the base, short and spiny-acuminate, remotely spiny-serrate with flat, not wavy margin, rarely entire, dark green and lustrous above, pale below, 2—4 in. long; petiole about 1/5 in. long: fls. in axillary dense clusters, nearly sessile: fr. ovoid, red, lustrous, nearly 1/3 in. long, with usually 2 stones. Himalayas. G.M. 54:339. Ilex dipyrena var. paucispinosa, Loes. Lvs. oval to ovate-oblong, with 3-5 spreading strong spines on each side. Cent. China.


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