Ceylon
Boxwood

Ceylon Boxwood

Ceylon Boxwood is a small evergreen tree. Bark is grey, smooth, peeling in vertical long, narrow strips. Leaves are deep green, leathery variable in shape and size, ovate- elliptic or lanceshape, pointed, base narrow, blunt or heart-shaped. Flowers are white or greenish white, fragrant, in stalked flat-topped clusters. Ceylon Boxwood grows wild in most parts of tropical India including the Andaman and Nicobar islands.

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Regional Names

• Kannada:
  ಅಮ್ಮೆ ಪಣ್ಣು, ಹಣಗೆ, ಕೊಡವ
• Malayalam:
  നന്യുല്
• Marathi:
  अरसुल, तुपा
• Tamil:
  நந்ஜுல், நல்லமந்ரம்

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