Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa

Common name: Kurogane holly, Round leaf holly

Family: Aquifoliaceae (Holly)

Distribution: east Asia: China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam

Habitat: Forest edges or sunny slopes, broadleaf evergreen forest.

IUCN Red list: Not evaluated

Life form: Evergreen tree

Usage: Horticultural

Comments: Kurogane holly was first described in 1784 by Carl Peter Thunberg, from speciments growing in Japan.
The plants at SUBG are from cuttings made from a Kurogane holly tree at Rai Sanyō Memorial Museum that resprouted in 1949 after the Hiroshima atomic bomb on 6 August 1945.