Buxus microphylla Siebold & Zucc.

Littleleaf boxwood (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Buxales > Buxaceae > Buxus

Characteristics

A perennial monoecious evergreen shrub. It grows 1m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0 - 1.25
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Rather rare and local on more or less dry mountain slopes, often cultivated.
Light 4-7
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

Uses environmental use material medicinal wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, graftings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings graftings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Buxus microphylla unspecified picture

Distribution

Buxus microphylla world distribution map, present in India, Japan, Mexico, and Taiwan, Province of China

Conservation status

Buxus microphylla threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:340303-1
WFO ID wfo-0000576551
COL ID NZD7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Buxus japonica Buxus kitashimae Buxus ovalifolia Buxus microphylla Buxus virens Buxus fortunei Buxus microphylla f. major Buxus microphylla f. tenuis Buxus obcordatavariegata Buxus rotundifolia Buxus microphylla var. japonica Buxus microphylla var. kitashimae Buxus sempervirens var. japonica Buxus sempervirens var. microphylla

Lower taxons

Buxus microphylla var. riparia