Salicaceae
Mucha-gente
Xylosma buxifolia
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Xylosma
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Mucha-gente
Synonyms
- Casearia variifolia Vict.
- Myroxylon buxifolium (A.Gray) Krug & Urb.
- Myroxylon buxifolium var. pauciflorum Hitchc.
- Myroxylon dussii P.Wilson
- Myroxylon ilicifolium (Northr.) Britton
- Myroxylon infestum (Griseb.) Krug & Urb.
- Xylosma buxifolia var. cristalensis Borhidi
- Xylosma buxifolia var. pauciflora C.Wright ex Griseb.
- Xylosma buxifolia var. rotundata Borhidi
- Xylosma dussii Urb.
- Xylosma ilicifolia Northr.
- Xylosma infesta Griseb.
- Xylosma infesta var. rhombea Griseb.
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: Baptiste Mtx, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zac Peterson, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zac Peterson, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zac Peterson, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zac Peterson, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zac Peterson, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.