Ilex Rotunda
- Flower nameIlex Rotunda
- Scientific nameIlex rotunda thunb
- Aliasクロガネノキ, 黒鉄の木, Kurogane Holly, Round Leaf Holly, 黒鉄黐
- Place of originChina, Japan
- Place of floweringLow mountains, Park, Streets, Planting
- Flowering seasonMay, June
What is Ilex Rotunda
Ilex Rotunda is an evergreen tree of the family aquifoliaceae native to Japan and China. Autumn red spherical fruits on the branches weighed down; The bark is white and smooth.Leaves similar to Camellia in, in green, oval-shaped, with palmately lobed leaves the entire leaf margins followed. The flower is named black-purple (color kurogane) petioles and shoots, and in the Aquifoliaceae. Fruit-eating birds to come in their droppings carried away seeds and breeding.
Common name: Ilex Rotunda, scientific name: Ilex rotunda, aka: Iron wood, Holly Kurogane,kurogane Holly, Round Leaf Holly, origin: China, Japan, height: 10-20 m, the bark color: grey/white, leaf blade: 5 cm, leaf: oval, leaf table colour: dark green, leaves back colors: light green, dioecious, inflorescence: umbel, flower color: pale purple white, Male diameter:0.5 cm, female diameter:0.5 cm, flowering period: May-June fruiting period: October-January, fruit color: red, fruit diameter: spherical, the fruit diameter:0.5~0.6 cm.