Plant Details

Scientific Name: Alchornea ilicifolia
  • Pronunciation: al-CORN-ee-ah ill-iss-ee-FOAL-ee-ah
  • Common Name: Native Holly
  • Type: Shrub or small Tree
  • Family: EUPHORBIACEAE
  • Size: to 6 metres
  • Flowers: Creamish-green, November to December
  • Fruit: Globular, brown, 3-Lobed Capsule
  • Vegetation Type: Sub-tropical and Dry Rainforests and magrin of scrub along watercourses,
  • Species List: Kennilworth Fig Tree Walk, Janet, Batianoff 87, NNP Tanglewood, Dandaloo, Upper Yandina Creek,

Identification Notes

Branchlets often dotted with elongated lenticels Minute stipules present in Leaf axils

Landscaping Notes

Indoor/pot Plant potential.

Bushy or leggy Shrub with interesting foliage.

Propagation is from Seed, ripening at any time, which germinates reliably though slowly; and from cuttings, which strike readily. Semi-shade is preferred in the garden, and it will tolerate all soil types.

  • Alchornea ilicifolia
  • Alchornea ilicifolia
  • Alchornea ilicifolia
  • Alchornea ilicifolia
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