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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Xylosma''
| image = Xylosma hawaiiense1.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Xylosma hawaiiense'' foliage
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Violales]]
| familia = [[Salicaceae]]
| genus = '''''Xylosma'' G. Forst.'''
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
About 85-100 species; see text
}}
'''''Xylosma''''' is a [[genus]] of between 85-100 species of [[evergreen]] [[shrub]]s and [[tree]]s in the family [[Salicaceae]].
The genus is predominantly native to the [[tropics]], from the [[Caribbean]], [[Central America]], northern [[South America]], the [[Pacific]] Islands, southern [[Asia]] and northern [[Australasia]], but with two species, ''X. congestum'' and ''X. japonicum'', in warm-temperate eastern Asia ([[China]], [[Korea]] and [[Japan]]).
The [[leaf|leaves]] are alternate, simple, entire or finely toothed, 2-10 cm long. The [[flower]]s are small, yellowish, produced on [[raceme]]s 1-3 cm long, with a strong scent. The [[fruit]] is a small purple-black [[berry]] 5-10 mm diameter.
;Selected species
*''Xylosma bahamensis'' (Britt.) Standl.
*''Xylosma bolivianum'' Sleumer
*''Xylosma buxifolia'' Gray (Mucha-gente)
*''Xylosma congestum'' (Lour.) Merrill (Shiny Xylosma)
*''Xylosma crenatum'' St. John (Sawtooth Logwood)
*''Xylosma flexuosum'' (HBK) Hemsl. (Brushholly)
*''Xylosma hawaiiense'' Seem. (Maua or Hawaii Brushholly)
*''Xylosma heterophyllum'' (H.Karst.) Gilg.
*''Xylosma japonicum'' (Thunb.) A.Gr.
*''Xylosma pachyphylla'' Urban (Spiny Logwood)
*''Xylosma pseudosalzmannii''
*''Xylosma schaefferioides'' Gray (White Logwood)
*''Xylosma schwaneckeana'' Urban (Schwaneck's Logwood)
===Cultivation and uses===
The main use for the genus is as [[Hedge (barrier)|hedge]] plants among gardeners in [[desert]] and [[chaparral]] climates. ''Xylosma congestum'', the [[Shiny Xylosma]], is the species usually seen in garden hedges and in road landscaping.
[[Category:Salicaceae]]
{{tree-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Xylosma''
| image = Xylosma hawaiiense1.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Xylosma hawaiiense'' foliage
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Violales]]
| familia = [[Salicaceae]]
| genus = '''''Xylosma'' G. Forst.'''
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
About 85-100 species; see text
}}
'''''Xylosma''''' is a [[genus]] of between 85-100 species of [[evergreen]] [[shrub]]s and [[tree]]s in the family [[Salicaceae]].
The genus is predominantly native to the [[tropics]], from the [[Caribbean]], [[Central America]], northern [[South America]], the [[Pacific]] Islands, southern [[Asia]] and northern [[Australasia]], but with two species, ''X. congestum'' and ''X. japonicum'', in warm-temperate eastern Asia ([[China]], [[Korea]] and [[Japan]]).
The [[leaf|leaves]] are alternate, simple, entire or finely toothed, 2-10 cm long. The [[flower]]s are small, yellowish, produced on [[raceme]]s 1-3 cm long, with a strong scent. The [[fruit]] is a small purple-black [[berry]] 5-10 mm diameter.
;Selected species
*''Xylosma bahamensis'' (Britt.) Standl.
*''Xylosma bolivianum'' Sleumer
*''Xylosma buxifolia'' Gray (Mucha-gente)
*''Xylosma congestum'' (Lour.) Merrill (Shiny Xylosma)
*''Xylosma crenatum'' St. John (Sawtooth Logwood)
*''Xylosma flexuosum'' (HBK) Hemsl. (Brushholly)
*''Xylosma hawaiiense'' Seem. (Maua or Hawaii Brushholly)
*''Xylosma heterophyllum'' (H.Karst.) Gilg.
*''Xylosma japonicum'' (Thunb.) A.Gr.
*''Xylosma pachyphylla'' Urban (Spiny Logwood)
*''Xylosma pseudosalzmannii''
*''Xylosma schaefferioides'' Gray (White Logwood)
*''Xylosma schwaneckeana'' Urban (Schwaneck's Logwood)
===Cultivation and uses===
The main use for the genus is as [[Hedge (barrier)|hedge]] plants among gardeners in [[desert]] and [[chaparral]] climates. ''Xylosma congestum'', the [[Shiny Xylosma]], is the species usually seen in garden hedges and in road landscaping.
[[Category:Salicaceae]]
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