Celastraceae

Florida boxwood

Schaefferia frutescens Jacq.

Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Schaefferia

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Florida boxwood: Location taken: Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, FL USA. Names: Schaefferia frutescens Jacq., Florida Boxwoo Classification: Plantae > Magnoliophyta > — Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

English: Florida boxwood
Haitian Creole: Bwa kapab

Synonyms

Bumelia berteroi Balb. ex Griseb.
Schaefferia berteroi Griseb.
Schaefferia buxifolia (DC.) Nutt.
Schaefferia completa Sw.
Schaefferia elliptica Lundell
Schaefferia frutescens var. buxifolia DC.
Schaefferia lanceifolia Lundell
Schaefferia viridescens DC.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

Photos

Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Laurie Brooks, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Étienne Léveillé-Bourret, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.