Serissa foetida
Japanese serissa, Snowrose, Tree of a thousand stars, Japanese boxthorn
Description
Evergreen perennial shrub, suitable for bonsai cultivation due to its developed habit, the elegance of its small leaves as well as its flowering with numerous white starry-crowned flowers which give it the common name 'Thousand Star Tree'. Demanding in its water and moisture management, it prefers sunny exposures, especially in the varieties of Chinese origin, also tolerating warm climatic conditions while at temperatures below 10°C it should be placed indoors, sheltered from cold draughts.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Gentianales
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Serissa
- Species
- Serissa foetida
Accepted name: Serissa japonica
Synonyms of Serissa japonica (12)
- Buchozia japonica
- Democritea serissoides
- Dysoda fasciculata
- Dysoda foetida
- Leptodermis nervosa
- Leptodermis venosa
- Lycium foetidum
- Lycium japonicum
- Serissa crassiramea
- Serissa democritea
- Serissa kawakamii
- Serissa serissoides
