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Buxus nyasica is a shrub or small tree from southern Malawi, related to boxwood. It is threatened by habitat loss and is rarely cultivated, so care advice is drawn mainly from its genus.
Buxus nyasica is a species of plant in the family Buxaceae. It is endemic to Malawi. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Buxus arborea · Balearic boxwood · Buxus citrifolia · Box · Harland's Boxwood · Buxus hildebrandtii · Liukiu Boxwood · Cape box · Littleleaf boxwood · Large-leaved box · Buxus obtusifolia · Common box
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Buxus nyasica 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.
