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Internal ID UUID64402194c9773639243632
Scientific name Ilex mitis
Authority Radlk.
First published in Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1885: 1081 (1886)

Description Top

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Ilex mitis, commonly known as Cape holly, African holly, waterboom or umDuma, is a tall, dense, evergreen tree native to Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. It grows quickly and can reach heights of 20 meters or more, with a straight, grey or brown trunk and a dense, even canopy. Young growth and leaf-stalks are purple or red, and the simply shaped, pointed, shiny-green leaves have wavy margins that are sometimes slightly serrated. The small, white, scented flowers appear in spring, and the bright red fruits ripen in autumn, creating a colourful display and attracting a variety of birds. It is found in high-elevation forests, thickets, and open-canopied forests, and is most often found in moist montane forests and riparian forests. It is fast-growing and tolerates frost, making it suitable for colder climates. It has no known diseases or pests, and can be grown from fresh seed.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Sideroxylon mite L. Syst. Nat. ed. 12 , 2: 178 (1767)
Sideroxylon nigricans Dum.Cours. ex A.DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 8: 186. 1844 [mid Mar 1844]
Prinos laurinus Thury ex Choisy Mém. Ternstroem. Camell. : 44 (1855)
Manglilla milleriana Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 237 (1805)
Myrsine mitis Spreng. Syst. Veg. 1: 663 (1824)
Scleroxylum mite (L.) Willd. Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 3: 57 (1809)
Celastrus sieberi Bernh. ex Harv. & Sond. Fl. Cap. 1: 473 (1860)
Gymnosporia brachystachya Baker J. Bot. 20: 49 (1882)
Ilex capensis Harv. & Sond. Fl. Cap. 1: 473 (1860)

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Language Common/alternative name
English african holly
English cape holly
English waterboom
Afrikaans without
Arabic بهشية طرية
Fulah ndiyamhi

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct
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- Native
  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Lesotho
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Guinea
      • Liberia
      • Nigeria
      • Sierra Leone
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000729632
Tropicos 2000004
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:83531-1
The Plant List kew-2861097
PaleoBotany 77252
Open Tree Of Life 676179
NCBI Taxonomy 53207
IUCN Red List 62381
IPNI 83531-1
iNaturalist 133559
GBIF 5533588
Freebase /m/0dljnf1
USDA GRIN 19746
Wikipedia Ilex_mitis

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Ethnoveterinary medicinal plants and their utilization by the people of Soro District, Hadiya Zone, southern Ethiopia Hankiso M, Asfaw Z, Warkineh B, Abebe A, Sisay B, Debella A J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 22-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10885532
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00651-6
PMID:38389077
Lightning scars on tropical trees—Evidence and opportunities Zoletto B, van der Sande MT, van der Sleen P, Sheil D Ecol Evol 15-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10271212
doi:10.1002/ece3.10210
PMID:37332514
Effects of land-use change and disturbance on the fine root biomass, dynamics, morphology, and related C and N fluxes to the soil of forest ecosystems at different elevations at Mt. Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) Cornejo NS, Becker JN, Hemp A, Hertel D Oecologia 22-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10113319
doi:10.1007/s00442-023-05353-6
PMID:36944897
Hericium ophelieae sp. nov., a novel species of Hericium (Basidiomycota: Russulales, Hericiaceae) from the Southern Afrotemperate forests of South Africa Van der Merwe B, Herrmann P, Jacobs K Mycology 21-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10161958
doi:10.1080/21501203.2023.2191636
PMID:37152849
Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
Land use/land cover dynamics driven changes in woody species diversity and ecosystem services value in tropical rainforest frontier: A 20-year history Berhanu Y, Dalle G, Sintayehu DW, Kelboro G, Nigussie A Heliyon 14-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9971171
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13711
PMID:36865457
Contrasting coffee leaf rust epidemics between forest coffee and semi-forest coffee agroforestry systems in SW-Ethiopia Daba G, Berecha G, Lievens B, Hundera K, Helsen K, Honnay O Heliyon 26-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9730127
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11892
PMID:36506396
Density and characteristics of tree cavities inside and outside Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda Niringiyimana A, Nzarora A, Twahirwa JC, van der Hoek Y Ecol Evol 27-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9608801
doi:10.1002/ece3.9461
PMID:36311396
Human-wildlife conflict and community perceptions towards wildlife conservation in and around Wof-Washa Natural State Forest, Ethiopia Yazezew D BMC Zool 27-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC10127036
doi:10.1186/s40850-022-00154-5
PMID:37170343
Plant diversity and community analysis of Sele-Nono forest, Southwest Ethiopia: implication for conservation planning Kefalew A, Soromessa T, Demissew S Bot Stud 19-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9294133
doi:10.1186/s40529-022-00353-w
PMID:35851664
Ethnobotany and Toxicity Status of Medicinal Plants with Cosmeceutical Relevance from Eastern Cape, South Africa Ndhlala AR, Thibane VS, Masehla CM, Mokwala PW Plants (Basel) 30-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9182599
doi:10.3390/plants11111451
PMID:35684224
Traditional uses of wild and tended plants in maintaining ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes of the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa Maroyi A J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 15-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8925170
doi:10.1186/s13002-022-00512-0
PMID:35292046
Land use and land cover dynamics and traditional agroforestry practices in Wonchi District, Ethiopia Meragiaw M, Woldu Z, Singh BR PeerJ 22-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8877395
doi:10.7717/peerj.12898
PMID:35223204
Biome boundary maintained by intense belowground resource competition in world’s thinnest-rooted plant community Lu M, Bond WJ, Sheffer E, Cramer MD, West AG, Allsopp N, February EC, Chimphango S, Ma Z, Slingsby JA, Hedin LO Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 14-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8892519
doi:10.1073/pnas.2117514119
PMID:35165205
Plant community analysis along environmental gradients in moist afromontane forest of Gerba Dima, South-western Ethiopia Dibaba A, Soromessa T, Warkineh B BMC Ecol Evol 07-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8819878
doi:10.1186/s12862-022-01964-4
PMID:35130842

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavones / Flavonols
Kaempferol 5280863 Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)O)O 286.24 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-1978(97)00054-9

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