Belonging to evergreen shrubs or small trees, they are picky about the choice of planting environment. It has a certain shade tolerance, but it has no cold tolerance.

France holly, also known as the Coral Tree, has many morphological differences, such as leaves, branches, flowers and even fruits, which can be easily recognized at a glance. Unlike holly, france holly has straighter branches and fewer branches, and its tree shape is better.

France holly leaves are leathery, oval, rectangular, obovate or obovate, sometimes nearly round, about 7 to 20 cm long, with short or tapering tips, and a wide wedge-shaped and nearly round base. The edge of the leaf has irregular shallow wavy serrations, and the leaf is dark green with luster on both sides.

France holly panicle is a terminal or lateral short branch, 6 ~ 13.5 cm long and 4.5 ~ 6 cm wide. The corolla is white, and then it turns yellow-white.