Accession Data

Alyxia ruscifolia

Common Name: Sea-Box

Family: Apocynaceae

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.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 9-11

Accession #: 199500101

Accession Date: 1995-03-02 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1219

Quantity: 1

Source: Bonn BG

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: euasterid I

Order: Gentianales

Family: Apocynaceae

SubFamily: Rauvolfioideae

Tribe: Alyxieae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed 17 June 2016.
  2. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed 17 June 2016.

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Alyxia ruscifolia