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Ilex tolucana is a tree species in the family Aquifoliaceae, native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America from east-central Sonora south to El Salvador.

Ilex tolucana
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Aquifoliales
Family:	Aquifoliaceae
Genus:	Ilex
Species:	I. tolucana
Binomial name
Ilex tolucana Hemsley
Synonyms[2]
Ilex discolor var. tolucana (Hemsl.) Edwin ex T.R. Dudley. 1997 Ilex discolor var. tolucana (Hemsl.) Edwin ex J. Linares 2005

Habitat and ecology

Ilex tolucana is a tree up to 15 m tall, found in oak forest or in mesophyllous mountain forest, frequently along stream banks. It is almost entirely glabrous with leaves entire or with a few small teeth toward the tip. Flowers are white, born in small umbels. Berries are small, red and globose.[3]

These plants are being conserved at the El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve.[1]

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