About Willow-Leaf Sweet-Box
Sarcococca saligna, the sweet box or Christmas box, is a species of flowering plant in the family Buxaceae. This shrub is native to northern Pakistan. Its common name in Pakistan is sheha.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Sarcococca saligna
- Genus
- Sarcococca
- Family
- BUXACEAE
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests and shola forests
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Temperate Himalayas, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Sumatra
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- Geru, Piruli, Tiliara
Botanical family
Buxaceae
Boxwood Family
Willow-Leaf Sweet-Box belongs to the Buxaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
Explore the BUXACEAE family →Snap it. Know it.
Point your camera at willow-leaf sweet-box or any plant and SASYA identifies it instantly — on-device, offline, and private.