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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: arisaema on October 30, 2019, 05:29:54 AM

Title: Small shrub at Tiger Leaping Gorge, Lijiang, Yunnan
Post by: arisaema on October 30, 2019, 05:29:54 AM

What could this be? The berries taste like Empetrum nigrum; but each fruit only has one big, round seed inside - looking very similar to a coriander seed. Altitude 2350m.

Title: Re: Small shrub at Tiger Leaping Gorge, Lijiang, Yunnan
Post by: majallison on October 30, 2019, 09:34:32 PM

Could it be a type of Ilex?

Title: Re: Small shrub at Tiger Leaping Gorge, Lijiang, Yunnan
Post by: arisaema on October 31, 2019, 02:04:05 AM

Thank you, that would make a lot of sense! I'll have a look at the Flora of China and try to figure out what species.