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Ilex integra, photographed by an iNaturalist contributor
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#742 most planted

Ilex integra

Elegance female holly · also Mochi tree

Evergreen
530
trees mapped
0.01%
of all named trees
2
cities
5.4 in
median trunk (14 cm, 448 measured)

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Ilex integra, commonly known as elegance female holly or mochi tree, is an ornamental evergreen native to subtropical Asia. It features light yellow flowers. This species is found in regions including Korea, Taiwan, and parts of Japan and China.

Where it grows

Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.

  1. Tokyo · Japan
    529—5.4 in
  2. Los Angeles · United States
    1——

No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.

Traits

Foliage
Evergreen
Mature height
30 ft
Canopy spread
25 ft
Blooms
Mar, Apr, May

Trunk diameters across every city: median 5.4 in, mean 5.7 in, 90th percentile 8.8 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.

Native range

Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.

Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

  • Nansei Islands subtropical evergreen forests
  • South Taiwan monsoon rain forests

Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests

  • Southern Korea evergreen forests

Other Ilex in the catalogue

17 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.

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