Ilex amara
Loes.
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves - drink
The leaves are prepared as a tea-like drink.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant.
Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, South America,
How to Identify
A shrub or tree in the holly family (Aquifoliaceae) found in subtropical regions. The leaves are traditionally used to make a tea-like drink similar to mate.
Notes
Ilex amara Loes. is still an unchecked name.
Names & Synonyms
Mate
References (1)
- Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 431 (As Ilex amara Loes.)
