Schaefferia cuneifolia
Boxwood
Schaefferia frutescens
Jacq. Species
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- Botanical name
- Schaefferia frutescens
- Also known as
- Boxwood
- Family
- Celastraceae
- Genus
- Schaefferia
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Boxwood
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Schaefferia frutescens but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Bumelia berteroi
Schaefferia berteroi
Schaefferia buxifolia
Schaefferia completa
Schaefferia elliptica
Schaefferia frutescens var. buxifolia
Schaefferia lanceifolia
Schaefferia viridescens
Others in Schaefferia
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