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Aucuba chinensis
Also called Chinese Aucuba, Chinese Laurel
Aucuba chinensis is a shrub or small tree from southern China and neighboring regions, usually 6 m tall, grown for its thick, glossy evergreen leaves. It is a tough, shade-tolerant plant that does well in cool to mild gardens and is less common as a houseplant than its relative Aucuba japonica.
Aucuba chinensis is a shrub or small tree native to southern China, Taiwan, Myanmar, and northern Vietnam. Typically it grows to 6 meters tall, though it can be larger. The leaves are thick, dark green above and light green below, sometimes with teeth along the margins.
Two varieties are accepted:
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
