Both Ligustrum microphyllum and Buxus microphyllum are small shrubs, but they belong to different plant families. Ligustrum microphyllum belongs to Oleaceae, and Buxus microphyllum belongs to Buxuaceae. In the wild, there are a lot of these two small shrubs in Jiangxi, such as Ligustrum lucidum, which grows naturally in the wet valley in the shade, and Buxus microphylla, which grows naturally in the sunny and dry places at the top.

If it grows dislocated, Buxus microphylla grows in a shady and wet place, and its growth is higher. The internodes of branches will start at more than one meter, and the whole will grow to a height of 2-3 meters. In general, it grows in the sunny place at the top of drought, and Buxus microphylla is relatively short. Branches begin to appear when the branches are dozens of centimeters away from the ground, and the roots are easy to grow. Ligustrum microphyllum is called Ilex microphyllum here, a small berry shrub with dense main branches and leaves. In the past, its young leaves were often applied externally to treat burns.

In the wild, they are two kinds of shrubs that can be easily distinguished. However, after artificial training and pruning, many people don't know much about them because the pruning shape is similar and the height is the same, and the newly-grown leaves are immature after pruning. The growth of Ligustrum microphyllum leaves is close to that of Boxwood microphyllum, and the difference of leaf thickness and leather quality can not be recognized at a glance, which causes many difficulties.

Many people tell what leaf shape is from leathery leaves or new branches, and from a berry and a new fruit, which is almost useless if it is not planted in the same place after pruning. Because those features have been trimmed by the garden staff, the method can be regarded as identification in the field, but the trimmed ones can only be seen through the bark at a glance. The bark color of the main stem of Buxus microphylla is mostly gray-white, and the young branches are brown with small quadrangles.

The skin color of the main stem of Ligustrum microphyllum is brown, the young branches are blue and the branches are cylindrical. This can be completely distinguished, and there is no need for what flowers are like and when they bloom. The fruits are berries and new fruits. Do these features take months to identify a tree? What is often pruned in that garden is hard for you to see, only by looking at the color of the main stem and touching the young stem, you can tell it at once.