Yerba maté
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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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- ↑ Template:IUCN2006
- ↑ Yerba mate — what? at Ushuaia.pl.
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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