Boxwood (scientific name: Buxus sinica (Rehd. et Wils.) Cheng ）
Small-leaved boxwood
Small-leaved boxwood, the leaves are broad-oval or broad-ovate, 7–10 mm long and 5–7 mm wide, the leaf surface is dull or shiny, the lateral veins are prominently protruding; the capsules are 6–7 mm long and glabrous. It is produced in Huangshan Mountain in Anhui, Longtang Mountain in Zhejiang, Lushan Mountain in Jiangxi, Shennongjia and Xingshan in Hubei Province, and is born on rocks at an altitude of 1000 meters.
Boxwood trees
Bilberry leaf boxwood
Bilberry leaves boxwood, low-growing, dense branches, usually 3-6 mm long internodes, thick leathery leaves, round or broad oval, sparsely ovate, 9-12 mm long, 8-10 mm wide, anterior round, often with small notches, rounded at the base, sparsely sharply pointed, strongly curled downwards, the leaf surface epidermis is extremely thick, shiny, no lateral veins (rare lateral veins), wrinkles after drying, capsules are ovate spherical, 7-8 mm long, initially covered with short soft hairs, and later hairless. It is produced in Ruyuan County, Guangdong, Yizhang County, Hunan, and Wulao Peak, Lushan Mountain, Jiangxi, and grows on rocks or shrublands at sunrises at an altitude of 1000-1800 meters.
Dwarf boxwood
Dwarf boxwood, the leaves are extremely small, 5–9 mm long and 3.5–6 mm wide, with glabrous fruit. Heterogeneous to the small-leaved boxwood, the epidermis is extremely thick, often without lateral veins, wrinkled, spherical in the capsule, 4 mm long, with very short flower columns. It is produced in Badong and other counties in western Hubei Province, under the forest of raw hillsides, at an altitude of 2100 meters.
Pointed-leaved boxwood
Pointed leaves boxwood, the leaves are oval lanceolate or lanceolate, 2-3.5 cm long, 1-1.3 cm wide, both ends are tapering, the apex is sharp or slightly blunt, the midrib is protruding on both sides, the lateral veins of the leaf surface are many and obvious, and the leaf back is smooth or slightly wrinkled after drying. Inflorescences and flower homogeneous subspecies. The capsules are generally millimeters long and the colonnads are 3 millimeters long. It is produced in Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guangdong, Guangxi and other provinces and regions; on the rocks or in the shrublands by shengxi, at an altitude of 600-2000 meters.
This article was co-edited by headline encyclopedia users Happy 1978, Chendu, Popular Science China, and Gu Yuqin.