The New International Encyclopædia/Yapon

YAPON, or YAUPON (Ilex Cassine). An evergreen species of holly native in the coastal States from Virginia to Texas and Arkansas. Generally it is a shrub which forms dense thickets from its suckering roots, but in the Southwest it sometimes becomes arborescent. Its abundant scarlet berries are valued for winter decoration. Popularly it is known as cassena, and South Sea, Carolina, and Appalachian tea.

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