Ilex macrocarpa Oliv.

$ ft ^ £ PL
1980 Sino-American Botanical Expedition
to Western Hubei Province
People’s Republic of China
Ilex mcrocarpa Oliver	_
var. macrocarpa
Shennongjia Forest District (lfffi30'N; 110°30'E):
4 km W of the Xingshan Xian (Hsien) line,
vicinity of Sanduihe, side canyon on the
5 side pff the Dangyang River. Elevation
ca. 750 m. Open thicket along stream.
Staminate and pistillate plants growing
together. Small tree to ca. 6 m tall,*
2-branched from base, each ca. 10-13 cm
d.b.h; original trunk ca. 30-35 cm d.b.h.
Fruits dark, dull purple; juicy and
sweet with bitter aftertaste.
1980 Sino-Amer. Exped. No. 1909	29	September 1980
Participants: B. Bartholomew (uc); D. E. Boufford (cm); A. L.
Chang (kun); Z. Cheng (Wuhan inst, bot.); T. R. Dudley
(na); S. A. He (nas); Y. X. Jin (wuhan inst. bot.); O. Y. Li
|wh); J. L. Luteyn (ny); S. A. Spongberg (a); Y. C. Tang
(pe); J. X. Wan (wuhan inst. bot.); and iS. Ying (pe).
Expedition conducted under the auspices of Academia Sinica & the
Botanical Society of America with funding by Academia Sinica &
support from the National Geographic Society.
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