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Glossy Privet

Ligustrum lucidum

Summary 7

Ligustrum lucidum (Chinese privet, glossy privet or broad-leaf privet) is a species of flowering plant, a privet (Ligustrum genus) in the olive family Oleaceae, native to the southern half of China. The Latin lucidum means bright or shiny, and refers to the glossy leaves.

Description 8

Ligustrum lucidumis an evergreentree growing to 10 m (33 ft) tall and broad. The leaves are opposite, glossy dark green, 6–17 centimetres (2.4–6.7 in) long and 3–8 centimetres (1.2–3.1 in) broad. The flowers are similar to other privets, white or near white, borne in panicles, and unpleasantly pungent.

Ligustrum lucidum and the variegatedcultivar 'Excelsum Superbum' have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/images/14/144180-2.jpg
  2. (c) mauroguanandi, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/41597043@N00/3073835953
  3. (c) Ivo Antušek, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/44135.jpg
  4. (c) 2012 Ron Vanderhoff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=431775&one=T
  5. (c) Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/images/14/144180-1.jpg
  6. (c) Alfonso Gutiérrez Aldana, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alfonso Gutiérrez Aldana
  7. Adapted by Kate Wagner from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligustrum_lucidum
  8. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligustrum_lucidum

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