Ligustrum ovalifolium
Garden Privet, Oval-leaf Privet, California privet, Broad-leaved Privet, Oval-leaved Privet, Japanese privet
Description
A semi-evergreen shrub, native to China and Japan, belonging to the Oleaceae family. It has light grey bark, small, opposite, oval-shaped leaves and white flowers, which appear in early summer in the form of panicles; as the flowers ripen, they produce poisonous black-blue berries in winter. It is sensitive to frost.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Genus
- Ligustrum
- Species
- Ligustrum ovalifolium
