Common name: Sea-Box
Family: Apocynaceae
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Country of Origin: N. & E. Australia to Lord Howe I.
Description: Tall evergreen shrub to 2m, with small 2-3cm oval leaves glossy green, with margins turned under, and set in whorls; small white flowers with 5 windmill petals, in terminal clusters, followed by orange berries.
Uses:
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USDA Zone: 9-11
Source: Bonn BG
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Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid I
- Order: Gentianales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Apocynaceae
- SubFamily: Rauvolfioideae
- Tribe: Alyxieae
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References:
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed 17 June 2016.
- WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed 17 June 2016.
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