Habit: Shrub, small tree, generally evergreen [deciduous], generally glabrous [hairy].
Leaf: simple, opposite, blade >> petiole, entire, thick.
Inflorescence: terminal panicle, axes +- puberulent or not.
Flower: bisexual; calyx minute, bell-shaped, 4-toothed, deciduous; corolla funnel-shaped or salverform, 4-lobed, white; stamens 2.
Fruit: generally berry-like drupe, +- 8--10 mm wide, generally purple-black.
Seed: 1--4.
Species In Genus: +- 45 species: eastern Asia, Malaysia to Australia, Europe, northern Africa; many cultivated for ornamental leaves.
Etymology: (Classical name of
Ligustrum vulgare L.)
Jepson eFlora Author: Thomas J. Rosatti
Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange)Key to Ligustrum
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