Ilex cornuta

The Chinese holly or horned holly is in the holly or Aquifoliaceae family and is native to eastern China and Korea. It is a slow-growing evergreen shrub, attaining a height of about 3 m.

It is valued for its distinctive rectangular foliage and large red berries.

• Leaves are usually 5-spined, waxy, 3.5–10 cm long, oblong and entire (no teeth).
• Dull white fragrant but inconspicuous flowers appear in May.
• Fruit is a red berry-like drupe 8mm in diameter, larger than that of European holly (Ilex aquifolium), persisting into winter.