Sarcococca hookeriana var digyna

Sarcococca hookeriana Baill. Buxaceae var digyna. This variety has the RHS Award of Garden Merit. Himalayan Sweet Box. Distribution: China to Himalayas. Sarcoccoca means flesh fruit hookeriana pertains to one of the Hooker's, Directors of the Botanic Garden, Kew - but could be either the father or the son digyna may be from the Linnaean order of plants, Digynia, meaning 'with two styles' (the stalks that connect the stigma to the ovary). Steroidal alkaloids have been found in the plant which have antileishmaniasis activity in vitro. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.