Pan India Bouquets

Buxus microphylla Siebold & Zucc.

Family : Buxaceae
(Boxwood Family)
Family (Hindi name) : SHAMSHAD FAMILY (शमशाद फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Buxaceae
Synonym(s) : Buxus fortunei Carruth.; Buxus japonica Müll.Arg.; Buxus kitashimae Yanagita; Buxus microphylla var. kitashimae (Yanagita) H.Ohba; Buxus obcordatavariegata Fortune; Buxus ovalifolia Siebold ex K.Koch; Buxus rotundifolia Siebold ex K.Koch; Buxus virens Thunb.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Buxus microphylla Siebold & Zucc.
Common name : Japanese Boxwood, Littleleaf boxwood
Habit : Shrub or small tree
Habitat : Cultivated
Comments / notes : Ornamental plant.
Flower, Fruit : April-May
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Japan, Vietnam
Exotic/Native : Exotic
World Distribution : Japan, Vietnam and India
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 217
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Buxus microphylla. Downloaded on 1 December 2023.