sweet boxes
Sarcococca
Sarcococca (sweet box or Christmas box) is a genus of 16–20 species of flowering plants in the box family Buxaceae, native to eastern and southeastern Asia and the Himalayas. They are slow-growing, monoecious, evergreen shrubs 1–2 m (3–7 ft) tall. The leaves are borne alternately, 3–12 cm long and 1–4 cm broad. They bear fragrant flowers, often in winter. The fruit is a red or black drupe containing 1–3 seeds. Some species are cultivated as groundcover or low hedging in...
12 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Himalayan sweet box
speciesSarcococca hookeriana
Sweet Box
speciesSarcococca confusa
Sweet box
speciesSarcococca ruscifolia
Willow-Leaf Sweet-Box
speciesSarcococca saligna
Sarcococca coriacea
speciesSarcococca coriacea
Christmas box
speciesSarcococca orientalis
Sarcococca longipetiolata
speciesSarcococca longipetiolata
Sarcococca wallichii
speciesSarcococca wallichii
Sarcococca conzattii
speciesSarcococca conzattii
Sarcococca confertiflora
speciesSarcococca confertiflora
Sarcococca longifolia
speciesSarcococca longifolia
Sarcococca bleddynii
speciesSarcococca bleddynii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 273010.