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[[Image:Ilex latifolia3.jpg|left|thumb|Foliage, showing pale underside of leaves, one leaf showing the dark upper side]]

[[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&nbsp;cm diameter. The [[bark]] is dark brown, with a rough surface. The [[leaf|leaves]] are alternate, broad lanceolate to ovate-oblong, 8–24&nbsp;cm long and 4–8&nbsp;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&nbsp;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 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]].

It is cultivated as an [[ornamental tree]].

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