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|familia=Aquifoliaceae
|genus=Ilex
|species=latifolia
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|common_name=Tarajo Holly
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'''''Ilex latifolia''''' ('''Tarajo Holly''' or '''Tarajo''') is a species of [[holly]], native to southern [[Japan]] ([[Shizuoka Prefecture]] south to [[Kyūshū]]) and eastern and southern [[China]] ([[Jiangsu]] south to [[Fujian]] and west to [[Yunnan]]), growing in broadleaf forests at altitudes of 200–1,500 m.<ref name=grin>Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?19734 ''Ilex latifolia'']</ref><ref name=yf>Yuanlin Flora: [http://www.yuanlin.com/flora/HTML/Info/2006-4/Yuanlin_Flora_159.HTML ''Ilex latifolia''] (in Chinese); [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&u=http://www.yuanlin.com/flora/HTML/Info/2006-4/Yuanlin_Flora_159.HTML&sa=X&oi=translate& google translation]</ref><ref name=jp>Japan Plants: [http://www.mitomori.co.jp/hanazukan2/hana2.7.227tarayo.html ''Ilex latifolia''] (in Japanese); [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.mitomori.co.jp/hanazukan2/hana2.7.227tarayo.html&sa=X&oi=translate& google translation]</ref><ref name=pfaf>Plants for a Future: [http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Ilex+latifolia ''Ilex latifolia'']</ref>
[[Image:Ilex latifolia3.jpg|left|thumb|Foliage, showing pale underside of leaves, one leaf showing the dark upper side]]
It is a small to medium-sized [[evergreen]] [[tree]] growing to 10–20 m tall with a trunk up to 60 cm diameter. The [[bark]] is dark brown, with a rough surface. The [[leaf|leaves]] are alternate, broad lanceolate to ovate-oblong, 8–24 cm long and 4–8 cm broad (among the largest of any species of holly), glossy dark green above, paler below, with a thick, leathery texture and serrated (but not spiny) margins. The [[flower]]s are yellowish-green, with a four-lobed corolla, produced in late spring; it is [[plant sexuality|dioecious]], with male and female flowers on separate trees. The [[fruit]] is a [[drupe]] 7 mm diameter, ripening orange-red to dark red in winter, and containing four [[seed]]s; they are often produced in dense clusters on the stems.<ref name=yf/><ref name=jp/><ref name=jt>Japanese Treeflowers: [http://treeflower.la.coocan.jp/Aquifoliaceae/Ilex%20latifolia/Ilex%20latifolia.htm ''Ilex latifolia'']</ref><ref name=bj>Botanic Japan: [http://www.botanic.jp/plants-ta/tarayo.htm ''Ilex latifolia''] (in Japanese); [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.botanic.jp/plants-ta/tarayo.htm&sa=X&oi=translate& google translation]</ref><ref name=rhs>Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.</ref>
It is cultivated as an [[ornamental tree]].
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Ilex latifolia, Thunb. Tree, sometimes to 60 ft., glabrous: lvs. oval to oblong-lanceolate or- obovate- oblong, acuminate, serrate, glossy green above, 3-7 in. long; petiole about ½ in. long: fr. red, Hm. across, short-stalked, in dense clusters. June. Japan. B.M. 5597. S.I.F. 1:62.—One of the most beautiful hollies.
Ilex latifolia, Thunb. Tree, sometimes to 60 ft., glabrous: lvs. oval to oblong-lanceolate or- obovate- oblong, acuminate, serrate, glossy green above, 3-7 in. long; petiole about ½ in. long: fr. red, Hm. across, short-stalked, in dense clusters. June. Japan. B.M. 5597. S.I.F. 1:62.—One of the most beautiful hollies.
