O'tkir bargli padub
Ilex aquifolium is a plant of the Holly family (Aquifoliaceae), a species of the Holly genus, growing in Western and Southern Europe, North-West Africa and South-West Asia. It is a poisonous plant.
An evergreen tree 10–25 m high and a trunk diameter of 30–80 cm. The bark of the tree is gray, smooth.
The leaves are alternate leathery, elliptical or ovate, dark green, shiny on the upper side and light green on the lower, 5-12 cm long and 2-6 cm wide. The edges of the leaves are jagged and wavy-curved. There are species with a white border on the leaves.
The flowers are bisexual, small, white, inconspicuous with four petals. The fruits are spherical drupes of red, yellow or orange color, 6-10 mm in diameter. The fruits contain 4-5 single-seeded seeds. Blooms in May - June. Fruits from September to February.
It grows slowly, approximately 10-12 cm per year, and lives up to 100 years.
The leaves and fruits of the plant contain the alkaloid theobromine, as well as coloring substances - ylexanthin and rutin.
Introduced to the Botanical Garden. The seeds of this species were sown in the Botanical Garden in 2002. In 2002, in the spring, the introduction of these species was sown in the nursery and studied, and in 5.12.2002 they were planted in the European-Crimean-Caucasian exposition. Currently, there are 3 shrubs of this species growing in this exposition.
