AQUIFOLIACEAE - Holly Family
Trees or shrubs, dioecious
Leaves alternate, simple, deciduous
or evergreen, often
spine-tipped
Fruit a berry
4 genera, 400 species
Nemopanthus,
Phelline
Sphenostemon
Economic importance - ornamentals, tea, wood
Medicinal uses - leaves and berries used as emetic, laxative, and
diuretic, berries are poisonous, a small number can induce violent
vomiting.
Diagnostic characteristics - dioecious trees or shrubs, simple
leaves, fruit a berry, leaves sometimes spiny
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