Sarcococca ruscifolia
Common name
Sweet box
Family
Buxaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
Conservation status
Not applicable
Brief description
Evergreen shrub, 1-4 m tall, erect, densely branched. Leaf lanceolate 20-30 mm × 7-12 mm, somewhat leathery, bright green above, lighter green below; tip acuminate. Monoecious with flowers in short racemes; flowers white, fragrant. Fruit fleshy, 7-8 mm diameter, scarlet, terminating with 2-3 persistent styles
Flower colours
White
Life cycle
Flowers in winter with scarlet fruit soon after
Year naturalised
2017
Origin
China
Reason for introduction
Ornamental
Attribution
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=3&taxon_id=129205