Ilex latifolia
organism / organism-ilex-latifolia
タラヨウ
Tarayō, a holly-family plant and one of the source species for large-leaved kudingcha.
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Reading the bitterness
Ilex latifolia Thunb is a holly-family plant known in Japanese as Tarayō. A review lists it alongside the related species Ilex kudingcha as a source plant for large-leaved kudingcha drunk in China.
The same review introduces 『同君録』 (in translation: "Tong Jun Lu, Record of Tong Jun"), a book from the Later Han period (25-225 CE), as recording kudingcha as a bitter drink. It says that later investigation identified the originally described species as Ilex latifolia, Ilex kudingcha, and Ilex cortia. The review adds that I. cortia, which differs in botanical characteristics and chemical constituents, is now distinguished from kudingcha as a separate species (Gougucha). The description in 『同君録』 (in translation: "Tong Jun Lu, Record of Tong Jun") is introduced through the review; the original text itself was not checked.
Sources for this overview
Checked for this overview: The description positioning it as a source plant for large-leaved kudingcha. / The bitterness record in 『同君録』 (in translation: "Tong Jun Lu, Record of Tong Jun") and the added note distinguishing I. cortia as a separate species.
Other names: Ilex latifolia Thunb (la)
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Ilex latifolia →is used as→ Kudingcha
Ilex latifolia →is documented as having→ bitterness →can be measured separately …→ astringency
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