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Botanical details
- Family
- Buxaceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Potentially harmful
- Genus
Sarcococca
- Genus description
Sarcococca are compact, sometimes suckering evergreen shrubs with simple, leathery leaves and tiny, fragrant creamy-white flowers in winter or spring, followed by red, purple or black berries which may persist into the following winter
- Name status
Correct
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