Buxus sempervirens
European boxwood, True boxwood; Common box; box; boj
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | ||
| Deutsch | Immergrüner Buchs; Türkischer Buchsbaum, Echtes Buchsholz | |
| English | European boxwood, True boxwood; Common box; box; boj; | |
| Français | Buis | |
| Italiano | Bosso | |
| Suomi | Immergrüner Buchs; Türkischer Buchsbaum, Echtes Buchsholz | |
| Norsk | Immergrüner Buchs; Türkischer Buchsbaum, Echtes Buchsholz | |
| Čeština | Immergrüner Buchs; Türkischer Buchsbaum, Echtes Buchsholz | |
| Español | Immergrüner Buchs; Türkischer Buchsbaum, Echtes Buchsholz | |
| Svenska | Immergrüner Buchs; Türkischer Buchsbaum, Echtes Buchsholz | |
| Polski | Immergrüner Buchs; Türkischer Buchsbaum, Echtes Buchsholz | |
| Український | Immergrüner Buchs; Türkischer Buchsbaum, Echtes Buchsholz | |
| Român | Immergrüner Buchs; Türkischer Buchsbaum, Echtes Buchsholz | |
| Русский | Immergrüner Buchs; Türkischer Buchsbaum, Echtes Buchsholz | |
| Български | Immergrüner Buchs; Türkischer Buchsbaum, Echtes Buchsholz | |
| EESTI | Immergrüner Buchs; Türkischer Buchsbaum, Echtes Buchsholz | |
| 日本語 | Immergrüner Buchs; Türkischer Buchsbaum, Echtes Buchsholz | |
| Other names | simsir (TR), Turks palmhout (NL) |
Further information
| Intkey | ||
| InfoFlora | ||
| COL | ||
| Wikipedia | ||
| FSC | ||
| Label Swiss Wood | ||
| Lignapool | ||
| Xylotheque |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | Mittelmeergebiet; Northern Africa; Mittlerer Osten | |||
| States and Territories | Austria; Belgium; Luxembourg; England; Channel Isl. [I]; Germany (Baden-Württemberg, Bayern [I], Hessen [I], Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein [I]); Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Romania [I]; Portugal [I]; Spain; France; Corsica; Italy; Hungary; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Slovenia; Croatia; Slovakia; Albania; Greece; Libya; Algeria; Morocco; European Russia; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Azerbaijan (incl. Talysh); Turkmenistan; Taiwan [I]; Uzbekistan [I]; Ecuador [I]; Bolivia [I]; Turkey (Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia); Iran (N-Iran); Azores [I] (Sao Miguel Isl. [I], Faial [I], Flores Isl. [I]); USA [I] (North Carolina [I], New York [I], Ohio [I], Pennsylvania [I], Rhode Island [I], Tennessee [I], Virginia [I], West Virginia [I]); New Zealand [I] | |||
| [I] = Introduced | ||||
| Swiss wood | Native in Switzerland (Label Swiss Wood) | |||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Buxales | |||
| Family | Buxaceae | |||
| Genus | Buxus | |||
| Species | sempervirens | |||
| Author citation | L. | |||
| Scientific name | Buxus sempervirens L. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Microscopic features
| Containers | zerstreutporig | |||
| Intkey | https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/buxbusem.htm | |||
Macroscopic features
| Wood odor | Kein ausgeprägter Geruch | |||
| Growth ring boundaries | clearly recognizable | |||
| Heartwood | without color stripes | |||
| Strip in the heartwood | Ohne Farbstreifen | |||
| Color heartwood | gelb bis hell | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC | |||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 0.79-0.92-0.97 | kg/m3 | ||
Areas of application
| art objects |
Appearances
Wood
BXSM , 55x115mm , ©Silvano Schmid
BXSM , 74x40mm ,
Buxus sempervirens , ©Dennis Wilson
Leaves
BXSM , Zweig, 2, IMG, 6192 ,
BXSM , Zweig, IMG, 6191 ,
Branch
BXSM , Branch , ©Dennis Wilson
BXSM , Branch , ©Dennis Wilson