How to identify Small-Leaved Box
Identify Small-Leaved Box by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Tiny dense leaves, classic hedging box.
- Confirm leaf shape: Orbicular.
- In India, compare location records such as Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
- Confirm it sits within the Buxaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Small-Leaved Box.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Buxus microphylla
- Genus
- Buxus
- Family
- Buxaceae
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- OrbicularrecordedRounded, roughly circular.“The bright green leaves are 10–25 millimetres (0.39–0.98 in) long, oval with a rounded or notched tip.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Small-Leaved Box itself; the rest are typical of the Buxaceae family.
About Small-Leaved Box
Small-leaved Box (Buxus microphylla) belongs to the Buxaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Uttarakhand and West Bengal.
Uses
It is planted as an ornamental.
Buxaceae
Boxwood Family
Small-Leaved Box belongs to the Buxaceae family.
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