Buxus microphylla, the Japanese box or littleleaf box, is a species of flowering plant in the box family
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Small-leaved Box being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Buxus sinica
- Buxus sempervirens
- Buxus liukiuensis
- Ilex crenata — considered toxic
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Buxales
- Family
- Buxaceae
- Genus
- Buxus
- Species
- Buxus microphylla
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