Tarajo holly

Ilex latifolia

  • Tarajo holly
  • Tarajo holly
  • Tarajo holly
  • Tarajo holly
  • Tarajo holly
  • Tarajo holly
  • Flower name
    Tarajo holly
  • Scientific name
    Ilex latifolia
  • Aliasモンツキシバ, Tarajo holly, 多羅葉
  • Place of originJapan and China.
  • Place of floweringGarden, Botanical Gardens, Cemetery & Temple
  • Flowering seasonApril, May, June

What is Tarajo holly

Tarajo holly, scientific name:Ilex latifolia, is native to China and Japan and is an evergreen tree of the of Ilex genus , the Aquifoliaceae department. Spring-bloom roundheaded gathered numerous yellow flowers in early summer. In the fall, red small fruit; Leaf edges are serrated, leaves are glossy in the cortex. Broil leaves on fire and black rings of death ring around them. Compared to the Tala trees flower name that leaves behind scars and black that wrote the prayer leaves.It is planted as a garden and are often planted in the temple.

Generic name:Tarajo holly, scientific name:Ilex latifolia, origin: Japan and China, Habitat: Southern-Shikoku, Kyushu, Japan, China and the environment: mountains , Height: long ovoid, 10 to 30 metres in bark: gray-Brown sticky, leaf: where pointed, leaf length: 10-17 cm, width: 4-7 cm, leaf margin: sharp serrated, leaf arrangement: alternate, dioecious, symmetry, the male inflorescences: cymes, flower color: yellow-green, flower diameter:0.4~0.5cm, Flowering period: from April to June, petals, 4-petaled flower, fruiting period: November, fruit: drupe fruit shape: spherical fruit color: red, fruit diameter:0.8cm


  • Order
    Celastrales
  • Family
    Aquifoliaceae
  • Genus
    Ilex
  • Species
    I. latifolia
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Cluster inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    4 petals
  • Leaf type
    ovoid
  • Edge of the leaf
    Serrated
  • Life typeEvergreen tree
  • Flower colors
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height10.0 ~ 30.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower0.4 ~ 0.5 cm

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