Phylica buxifolia L.

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This compact rounded shrub or small tree makes a good background or screening plant and should find a place in indigenous gardens near the coast, especially as it is wind-resistant.

Description

This is a dense shrub or small tree, growing to about 4 m high. Twigs are hairy and buff-coloured. The leaves are small, 15-25 mm long, ovate to elliptic, with inrolled margins, and well spaced up the branchlets. They are often widest at the base and taper to a point. The leaf upper surface is dark green and rough, the lower surface covered with fine light-coloured hairs.

The velvety white flowers are in small, branched heads in the axils of the leaves and at the ends of the branches. It is in full flower in autumn, winter and early spring (from April to August), when the bushes give off a strong fragrance.

Flowers are followed by fruits which are velvety capsules about 13 mm in length.

Conservation Status

Least Concern (LC), Phylica buxifolia is not threatened.

Distribution and habitat

The genus is confined to Africa, Madagascar and the south Atlantic Islands. Most species are endemic to the south-western parts of the Cape Province, where many are restricted to small areas.

Phylica buxifolia is endemic to the area from the Cape Peninsula (Table Mountain) to Caledon, and grows on the lower mountain slopes, often near the sea and in rocky places.

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