Azara microphylla

Boxleaf azara is a species of flowering plant in the willow or Salicaceae family, native to Chile and Argentina. It is a small, upright, evergreen tree or large shrub, growing to 10 m in height.

• Branchlets are covered with a very dense down.
• Leaves are small, shiny, very dark green, apparently in pairs, one of each pair being about thrice as large as the other; the true leaves are obovate, 1.3–5 cm long, usually more or less toothed; the smaller ‘leaves’ (stipules) are more rounded.
• Flowers are tiny, vanilla-scented, borne in clusters at the leaf-axils, flowering in winter; sepals are green, the more conspicuous stamens deep yellow.
• Fruit is a small, red globose berry.
• It is the hardiest of the azaras, withstanding temperatures down to −15 °C.