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Describe the plant here...
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Ilex cassine, Linn. (I. dahoon, Walt.). Dahoon. Shrub or small tree, to 30 ft.: lvs. obovate to oblong- linear, acute or obtuse and mucronulate, entire or sharply serrate above the middle, usually pubescent beneath when young, 2-3 in. long: fr. globose, small, dull red, rarely yellow, on this year's growth. April, May. N. C. to Fla., west to La. S.S. 1:46. Ilex cassine var. angustifolia, Ait. Lvs. linear-oblong to linear, 2-3 in. long. Ilex cassine var. myrtifolia, Chapm. Lvs. linear-oblong, 1-2 in. long: fr. usually solitary. S.S. 1:45.—Cassine or cassena is the name in the language of the Timucua Indians for an exhilarating beverage prepared from the lvs. of the following plant which had been confused with this species; the name seems to have been borrowed from the Muscogee word assi, leaves, modified by a prefix.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
- w:Ilex cassine. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Ilex cassine QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)
