Ilex hayatana is a species of flowering plant in the holly family Aquifoliaceae, native to Taiwan.[1] There is some confusion about the identity of this species; for example Flora of China states that it is an evergreen tree with "palegrayblack" bark reaching tall, found in forests at a.s.l., and also native to Japan, but the International Dendrology Society states that the original specimen, which is still alive, lives at and was described as either an tree or a shrub.[2] [3]