False Boxwood

Gyminda latifolia

(Sw.) Urb. Species

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Botanical name
Gyminda latifolia
Also known as
Boxwood, False Boxwood, West Indian False Box
Family
Celastraceae
Genus
Gyminda
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow False Boxwood

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Gyminda latifolia but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Crossopetalum latifolium Myginda latifolia Rhacoma latifolia Rhacoma latifolia

Others in Gyminda

Gyminda latifolia subsp. glaucifolia
Gyminda latifolia subsp. latifolia
Gyminda orbicularis
Gyminda fimbrillata
Gyminda tonduzii

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