Scientific Name
Ligustrum
Common Name
privet

Characteristics

ID hints
"Japanese privet", "waxleaf privet"
Twigs round, flattened at nodes*
- Lenticels often raised*
Leaves opposite, leathery, entire
Inflorescence terminal panicle, summer
- Flowers white, pungently sweet
- Corolla narrow funnelform
Fruits terminal clusters
- Panicles small black berries
"Chinese privet"
Leaves small, membraneous
- Variegated cultivars

"Japanese privet"

"Japanese privet," "waxleaf privet"

"waxleaf privet"

"waxleaf privet"

"Chinese privet"

4-H Horticulture Contest, Dr. Alice B. Russell, Dr. Paul R. Fantz, and Larry Bass, Department of Horticultural Science, NC Cooperative Extension Service, NC State University. All Pictures Copyright @1997Alice B. Russell. Computer programming by Miguel A. Buendia, graphics by Brad Capel.Russell

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