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Boxthorn, Chinese Box-Orange
Severenia buxifolia (Poir.) Ten.
sev-err-EEN-ee-ah
bux-ah-FOAL-ee-ah
Rutaceae
Explanation of
name: Genus named for M. A. Severino, 1580-1656, Italian anatomist (HUX).
Buxifolia presumably refers to leaves resembling those of Boxwood (Buxus).
Natural range:
Southeast Asia
Recognition:
Small-statured citrus with simple, translucent-dotted leaves and formidable
axillary thorns. Flowers white, fragrant. Fruits fleshy, black.
Landscape uses:
Popular as a tough, slow-growing, thick, highly pruned box hedge
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Botanical |
English |
FL native |
Growth form
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Flowering season
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Typical dimensions
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Suggested spacing |
Cultural conditions
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Problems |
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Severenia buxifolia |
Boxthorn |
Exotic
Escaped |
Shrub |
SP-SU
(UFFPS550) |
To 12’
(but usually pruned as a hedge)
(UFFPS550) |
Close spacing for tight hedge
3’-5’
(UFFPS550) |
SU-PS
ME
DT
(PBCC, UFFPS550) |
Being a citrus, may be host for Citrus
Greening.
Escapes cultivation (WU2).
Susceptible to nematodes and several
additional pests (UFFPS550) |
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