Member of the holly family, the leaves make the popular South American beverage tea, Maté. Containing more caffeine than coffee, as well as chlorogenic and neochlorogenic acids and theobromine catechols, this is as popular a tonic beverage there as coffee is here. Full of antioxidents. Nice tub plant with glossy, leathery, evergreen leaves. Average height 20 feet, prefers full sun. 4" pots.