''Ilex macropoda'' is a species of flowering plant in the holly family

Aquifoliaceae ''Ilex'' (), or holly, is a genus of over 570 species of flowering plants in the family Aquifoliaceae, and the only living genus in that family. ''Ilex'' has the most species of any woody dioecious angiosperm genus. The species are evergreen o ...

, native to southern China, Korea, and Japan. A deciduous tree typically tall, it is found in mixed forests,

forest edge A woodland edge or forest edge is the transition zone (ecotone) from an area of woodland or forest to fields or other open spaces. Certain species of plants and animals are adapted to the forest edge, and these species are often more familiar to hu ...

s, thickets, and roadsides, usually from above sea level. Local people make a tea by boiling its leaves.

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macropoda Flora of South-Central China Flora of Southeast China Flora of Korea Flora of Japan Plants described in 1867 {{Ilex-stub