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Ilex pubescens (scientific name: Ilex pubescens Hook. et Arn.) is a plant of the genus Ilex in the Ilex family. Evergreen shrubs or small trees, 3-4 meters high; branchlets slender, nearly quadrangular, taupe, densely hirsute, with longitudinal ridges; terminal buds are usually stunted or absent. The leaves are born on 1-2 year old branches, the leaves are papery or membranous, elliptic or long ovate. Inflorescences clustered in leaf axils of 1-2-year-old branches, densely hirsute. Male inflorescences: individual branches of clusters in 1- or 3-flowered cymes. Fruit spherical, about 4 mm in diameter, red when ripe, endocarp leathery or nearly woody. The flowering period is April-May, and the fruiting period is August-November.
Distributed in Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Hainan, Hong Kong, Guangxi and Guizhou in China. Growing in evergreen broad-leaved forests or forest margins, bushes, streamsides, and roadsides at an altitude (60-) 100-1000 meters.
Mao Dongqing is a traditional Chinese medicine commonly used in southern China. It is mainly used for clearing away heat and detoxification, promoting blood circulation and dredging collaterals. Injections, capsules, and tablets made from the root extract of hairy holly are commonly used in the treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and various inflammations. They are cardiovascular and cerebrovascular drugs developed earlier in China.
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