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Boxwood Beauty

Carrisa macrocarpa

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Description:

A fast-growing, wind resistant ornamental shrub that usually forms a dense thorny shrub. The young branches are green and all parts of the plant exude a white, milky, non-toxic latex. Leaves are leathery, a shiny dark green above and paler below, oval or almost round. The star-shaped flowers vary in size, are pure white and scented like orange blossom.

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