Ligustrum vulgare L. (European privet)

German: Heimischer Liguster

Czech: ptačí zob obecný

Genus: Ligustrum, privet

Family: Oleaceae, Olive family

Mature Height: 4.00 m

Deciduous: deciduous plant

Bloom in:

Flower Colour:

Soil Preferred:: alkaline,

Light Required::

Other Attributes: deciduous shrub, hemispherical form, opposite leaves, petiolate leaves, lanceolate, obovate, leaf margin entire, type of inflorescence - panicle, fruit - berry, clipped hedge, hedge, tolerance of air pollution, decorative fruits,

Milos Vymazal, EN: Other names: Common Privet, European privet Family: Oleaceae Flower Colour: white, Bloom in: June, Type of flowering: number of petals 4, It is a semi-evergreen or deciduous shrub, growing to 3 m (rarely up to 5 m) tall. The stems are stiff, erect, with grey-brown bark spotted with small brown lenticels. The leaves are borne in decussate opposite pairs, sub-shiny green, narrow oval to lanceolate, 2–6 cm long and 0.5–1.5 cm broad. The flowers are produced in mid-summer in panicles 3–6 cm long, each flower creamy-white, with a tubular base and a four-lobed corolla ( petals ) 4–6 mm diameter. The flowers produce a strong, pungent fragrance that many people find unpleasant. The fruit is a small glossy black berry 6–8 mm diameter, containing one to four seeds. The berries are poisonous to humans but readily eaten by thrushes, which disperse the seeds in their droppings. Plants from the warmer parts of the range show a stronger tendency to be fully evergreen; these have sometimes been treated as a separate variety Ligustrum vulgare var. italicum (Mill.) Vahl, but others do not regard it as distinct. [Wikipedia]

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