Hyperbaena ilicifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Menispermaceae. It is a shrub or tree with leathery leaves, greenish-white or yellow flowers, and green or orange fruits. The species is native to southwest Mexico, and was described in 1924.
Taxonomy The species was described by Paul Carpenter Standley in 1924.
Distribution Hyperbaena ilicifolia is native to the seasonally dry tropical biome of southwest Mexico. It grows in tropical deciduous forests and on beaches, at elevations of up to .
Description Hyperbaena ilicifolia is a shrub or tree that grows up to high. The trunk is up to wide. The branches are subcylindrical and greyish.
The leaves are stiff, leathery, ovate, long, wide, and have spiny or toothed edges. The stem is long.
The male inflorescence is a spike or raceme, and usually clustered. It grows on a stem that is up to long. The flower stems are up to long. The male flowers are greenish-white or yellow, and have six sepals. The outer sepals are obovate-elliptic, around long, and around wide. The inner sepals are broadly obovate, around long, and around wide. The male flowers have zero, three, or six petals, which are obovate-oblong, around long, and around wide. The male flowers have six stamens.
The female inflorescences are usually clustered spikes, which grow on stems. The flower stems are up to long. The female flowers are greenish-white or yellow, and have six sepals. The outer sepals are oblong, around long, and around wide. The inner sepals are ovate-orbicular, around long, and around wide. The female flowers have six petals, which are oblong, around long, and around wide.The female flowers have three or four carpels.
The fruits are green to orange, obovoid-orbicular, wide and wide.
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