This XfrogPlants African Boxwood 3D model collection contains three highly detailed, fully textured variations of the plant at different ages.

Shrub, evergreen broadleaf
Origin: Southern and Eastern Africa
Environment: forest margins, bush clumps, in sunlight or shade
Climate: warm, mild; salt-resistant
African names: Mirting (Afrikaans)

Notes:Also known as Cape Myrtle, this densely branched shrub grows on well-drainedsoil and is sometimes considered an invasive weed. It is salt-hardy and forthis reason often found along coasts in the Cape region of South Africa.In Ethiopia and Kenya the African Boxwood is widely used for treatmentof malaria, tuberculosis and tape worm disease. Crushed leavesare aromatic. An almost identical species grows in Eastern Asia.