Serissa
Serissa
Species of flowering plant
Serissa japonica is a species of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.[2] It is the sole species in genus Serissa.[1] It is native to open sub-tropical woodlands and wet meadows in southeast Asia, from India, and China to Japan. It is commonly called the snowrose, tree of a thousand stars, or Japanese boxthorn. Snowrose and tree of a thousand stars are different cultivars. The only method of differentiating is measuring the difference in the shape and size of the flowers produced.[citation needed]