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Xylosma congestum. XYLOSMA. China
FLACOURTIACEAE (Flacourtia family)
Xylosma is highly regarded as a handsome, adaptable small
tree or shrub for garden accent. It has shiny, yellowish-green leaves up to 10
inches long and bronze-colored new growth. See one on the left as you enter Wilbur
Hall from Escondido Road. A fine massed planting is on San Francisco Court where
it enters Alvarado Row; another is nearby on San Francisco Terrace. A magnificent
row is in the center divider of El Camino Real near the southern border of Redwood
City. On campus, it is usually a sheared hedge, as at the Via Palou parking lot
and the modules at Galvez Mall.
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