Alchornea ilicifolia (J.Sm.) Müll. Arg.

Native Holly

Shrub or small tree to 5 m high. Leaves with leaf stalks 1-10 mm long; blade elliptic, rhomboid or obovate, 12-120 mm long, 10-90 mm wide; margins strongly toothed with 2-5 spine-tipped teeth per side. Fruits roundish, 4-8 mm long, 7-9 mm wide. Seeds 4-4.5 mm long. Syn. Caelebogyne ilicifolia J. Sm.

NSW, Qld.

Source: Forster, P. (2002). Euphorbiaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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Distribution map
kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Rosanae
order      Malpighiales
family       Euphorbiaceae
genus        Alchornea Swartz