''Syzygium buxifolium'', the boxleaf eugenia or fish-scale bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family

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, native to northern Vietnam, southern China,

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, Taiwan, the

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, and southern

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, Japan. A shrub or small tree, it is suitable for hedges, containers, and

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. It is used as a

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in a number of southern Chinese cities. Syzygium buxifolium

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buxifolium Ornamental plants Plants used in bonsai Flora of Vietnam Flora of South-Central China Flora of Southeast China Flora of Hainan Flora of Taiwan Flora of the Ryukyu Islands Flora of Japan Plants described in 1833 {{Myrtaceae-stub