botanical record · discovered
Boxwood
Buxus sempervirens
Boxwood · BUXO · Bocys · Bocyswydden · Bosso comune · Box · Buchs · Buchsbaum · Buis
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Turkey, Haiti, China, Belgium, Mexico, US, Dominican Republic, Spain
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Adulterant, Alterative, Bilious, Boil
Science studied: N-ACETYLCYCLOPROTOBUXINE, BEBUXINE, N-BENZOYL-O-ACETYL-BUXODIENINE-E, N-BENZOYLCYCLOBUXIDINE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Buxaceae
Scientific name: Buxus sempervirens
Common names: Boxwood, BUXO, Bocys, Bocyswydden, Bosso comune, Box, Buchs, Buchsbaum, Buis
POWO: 340317-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in Elsewhere, Turkey, Haiti, China, Belgium, Mexico, US, Dominican Republic and 1 additional place.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Adulterant
- Alterative
- Bilious
- Boil
- Cancer
- Cholagogue
- Depurative
- Diuretic
show 15 more documented entries
- Fever
- Hair-Tonic
- Labor
- Laxative
- Malaria
- Narcotic
- Poison
- Rash
- Rheumatism
- Sedative
- Sudorific
- Tonic
- Vermifuge
- Heat
- Syphilis
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Elsewhere
- Turkey
- Haiti
- China
- Belgium
- Mexico
- US
- Dominican Republic
- Spain
Documented cultural uses
- Adulterant
- Alterative
- Bilious
- Boil
- Cancer
- Cholagogue
- Depurative
- Diuretic
- Fever
- Hair-Tonic
- Labor
- Laxative
show 11 more documented entries
- Malaria
- Narcotic
- Poison
- Rash
- Rheumatism
- Sedative
- Sudorific
- Tonic
- Vermifuge
- Heat
- Syphilis
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Adulterant · Elsewhere · "
- Alterative · Turkey · "
- Bilious · Haiti · "
- Boil · China · "
- Cancer · Belgium · "
- Cholagogue · Turkey · "
- Depurative · Turkey · "
- Diuretic · Turkey · "
- Fever · Haiti · "
- Hair-Tonic · Turkey · "
- Labor · China · "
- Laxative · Turkey · "
- Malaria · Mexico · "
- Malaria · Turkey · "
- Narcotic · Turkey · "
- Poison · Turkey · "
- Poison · US · "
- Rash · China · "
- Rheumatism · Mexico · "
- Sedative · Turkey · "
- Sudorific · Haiti · "
- Sudorific · Turkey · "
- Tonic · Turkey · "
- Vermifuge · Turkey · "
7 additional documented entries remain in the source record.
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Spanioneura fonscolombii Foerster, 1848 (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) Rediscovered on Boxwood (Buxus sempervirens L.) in Maryland · 2026 source ↗
- The genome sequence of common box, Buxus sempervirens L. (Buxaceae) · 2026 source ↗
- The genome sequence of common box, Buxus sempervirens L. (Buxaceae) · 2024 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- N-ACETYLCYCLOPROTOBUXINE
- BEBUXINE
- N-BENZOYL-O-ACETYL-BUXODIENINE-E
- N-BENZOYLCYCLOBUXIDINE
- N-BENZOYLCYCLOBUXINE
- N-BENZOYLCYCLOBUXOLIINE
- N-BENZOYLDIHYDROCYCLOMICROPHYLLINE
- BUXALINE-C
- BUXALPHINE
- BUXALTINE
- BUXAMINOL
- BUXANDRINE
- BUXARINE
- BUXATINE
- BUXAZINE
- BUXDELTINE
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- BUXENINE-G
- BUXEPIDINE
- BUXIDINE
- BUXIRAMINE
- BUXOZINE-C
- BUXPSIINE
- CYCLOBUXINE
- CYCLOBUXOXINE
- CYCLOPROTOBUXINE
- CYCLOPROTOBUXINE-D
- DEOXYCYCLOBUXOXAZINE
- DIHYDROCYCLOBUXINE
- DIMETHYLCYCLOVIROBUXINE
- ISOCHONDODENDRINE
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- N-METHYL-BUXENE
- NORBUXAMINE
- OLEIC-ACID
- PARABUSONIDINE
- PROTEIN
- TANNIN
- PSEUDOCYCLOBUXINE
- BUXENE
- BUXENONE
- BUXETINE
- BUXOCYCLAMINE-A
- CYCLOBUXAMINE
- CYCLOMICROBUXINE
- CYCLOVIROBUXEINE
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- BEBEERINE
- N-BENZOYLBUXODIENINE-E
- N-BENZOYLCYCLOPROTOBUXOLIINE
- BUXAMINE
- BUXANINE
- BUXAZIDINE-B
- BUXENINE
- BUXERIDINE
- BUXOMEGINE
- BUXTAUINE
- CYCLOMICROSINE
- CYCLOVIROBUXINE-D
- FAT
- METHYLCYCLOPROTOBUXINE
- PARABUXINE
- TIGLOYLCYCLOVIROBUXEINE
- BUXPIINE
- DIMETHYLCYCLOBUXINE
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
show claim source mapping
- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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