Buxus bodinieri H.Lév.

Species

Angiosperms > Buxales > Buxaceae > Buxus

Characteristics

Shrubs, 3-4 m tall; branchlets terete; young branches tetragonous, pubescent or glabrescent. Petiole 1-2 mm; leaf blade usually spatulate, also narrowly ovate or obovate, widest in apical part, 20-40 × 8-18 mm, thinly leathery, adaxially green and shining, puberulent on basal half of midrib, abaxially glaucescent, base narrowly cuneate, apex rounded or obtuse, usually with retuse tip; midrib elevated, lateral veins visible on both surfaces or only adaxially. Inflorescence axillary, capitate, 5-6 mm, flowers dense; rachis ca. 2.5 mm; bracts ovate, glabrous abaxially or pubescent. Male flowers ca. 10; pedicels only ca. 0.4 mm; tepals ovate-orbicular, ca. 2.5 mm; stamens ca. 6 mm; sterile pistil with terete gynophore, apex inflated, ca. 2.5 mm, equal to tepals in length or slightly longer. Female flowers: outer tepals ca. 2 mm; inner tepals ca. 2.5 mm; ovary ca. 2 mm, glabrous; style ca. 1.5 mm, slightly compressed; stigma obcordate, decurrent to 1/3-1/2 of style. Capsule ovoid, ca. 5 mm; persistent style erect, 3-4 mm. Fl. Feb, fr. May-Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 3.0 - 4.0
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Environment

Light 4-6
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Images

Buxus bodinieri unspecified picture

Distribution

Buxus bodinieri world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:128639-1
WFO ID wfo-0000576462
COL ID 695TM
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Buxus bodinieri