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'''''Sarcococca''''', '''''Sweet box''''', or '''''Christmas box''''' is a [[genus]] of 16-20 species of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Buxaceae]], native to eastern and southeastern [[Asia]] and the [[Himalaya]]. They are slow-growing [[evergreen]] [[shrub]]s 1-2 m tall. The [[leaf|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 [[seed]]s. Some species are cultivated for ground cover in shady areas.
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Sarcococca (Greek, flesh and berry, alluding to the fleshy fruit). Buxaceae. Ornamental woody plants grown chiefly for the handsome lustrous foliage.
 
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*''[[Sarcococca confusa]]'' Sealy - Sweet Box
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*''[[Sarcococca hookeriana]]'' Baill. (including ''S. hookeriana'' var. ''humilis'', syn. ''S. humilis'')
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*''[[Sarcococca longifolia]]'' M. Cheng
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*''[[Sarcococca longipetiolata]]'' M. Cheng
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*''[[Sarcococca orientalis]]'' C. Y. Wu
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*''[[Sarcococca ruscifolia]]'' Stapf
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*''[[Sarcococca saligna]]'' (D. Don) Mull.-Arg.
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*''[[Sarcococca wallichii]]'' Stapf
  
 
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
 
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Sarcococca hookeriana var. humilis


Plant Characteristics
Habit   shrub

Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Cultivation
Features: ✓ evergreen
Scientific Names

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Sarcococca, Sweet box, or Christmas box is a genus of 16-20 species of flowering plants in the family Buxaceae, native to eastern and southeastern Asia and the Himalaya. They are slow-growing evergreen shrubs 1-2 m 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 for ground cover in shady areas.


Read about Sarcococca in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Sarcococca (Greek, flesh and berry, alluding to the fleshy fruit). Buxaceae. Ornamental woody plants grown chiefly for the handsome lustrous foliage.

Evergreen glabrous shrubs: lvs. petioled, alternate, coriaceous, entire, without stipules: fls. unisexual, apetalous, in short axillary racemes with the pistillate fls. at the base; sepals 4 or 6; disk wanting; staminate fls. with 4-6 stamens opposite the sepals; pistillate fls. with a 2-3-celled ovary with 2-3 short erect or recurved styles: fr. indehiscent, globose to ellipsoid, coriaceous or fleshy, 1-2-seeded.—Five species distributed from Cent. and W. China to the Malay Archipelago.

They are handsome evergreen shrubs with ovate to lanceolate entire lustrous leaves, rather insignificant whitish flowers in axillary clusters and red or purple berry-like fruits. S. ruscifolia and S. Hookeriana var. humilis have proved hardy in sheltered positions at the Arnold Arboretum, while S. saligna is tender. They do not seem particular as to the soil and do best in partly shaded situations. Propagation is by seeds or by cuttings which root easily. CH


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Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Species

Selected species

Gallery

  • Sarcococca hookeriana

  • Sarcococca hookeriana

  • Sarcococca humilis

  • Sarcococca ruscifolia

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