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Buxus hildebrandtii is a leathery-leaved shrub or small tree from the dry mountains of the Horn of Africa and Socotra, growing up to about 6 to 9 m. It is a wild species of the box genus and is rarely grown in gardens, so care notes below are general guidance for box plants in similar conditions.
Buxus hildebrandtii is a species of shrub or small tree native to the Horn of Africa.
Buxus hildebrandtii is found in the foothills and mountains of eastern Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somaliland, northern and central Somalia, and on Socotra Island. It grows in semi-arid semi-evergreen or evergreen shrubland communities, generally between 600 and 2000 meters elevation, which lie between lowland Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets and high-elevation juniper forests.
Buxus arborea · Balearic boxwood · Buxus citrifolia · Box · Harland's Boxwood · Liukiu Boxwood · Cape box · Littleleaf boxwood · Large-leaved box · Buxus nyasica · Buxus obtusifolia · Common box
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Buxus hildebrandtii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
