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Syzygium buxifolium
Also called Fish Scale Bush
In Singapore: Box-leaved Eugenia, Fish-scale Bush, 赤楠, 小叶赤楠, 鱼鳞木 (Grown in Singapore)
Boxleaf eugenia (Syzygium buxifolium) is a small evergreen shrub or tree from subtropical East Asia, prized for dense hedges, containers and bonsai. It grows best in warm, bright conditions with steady moisture and is tolerant of frequent clipping.
Syzygium buxifolium, the boxleaf eugenia or fish-scale bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae, native to northern Vietnam, southern China, Hainan, Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands, and southern Kyushu, Japan. A shrub or small tree, it is suitable for hedges, containers, and bonsai. It is used as a street tree in a number of southern Chinese cities.
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[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Syzygium buxifolium 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.
