Ligustrum vulgare
European Privet
Oleaceae

Located behind Rainbow Center by lake.

  • leaves opposite, oblong-ovate, with smooth margin
  • leaves glossy dark green, thicker than L. obtusifolium
  • buds imbricate, pointed, brown
  • stems smooth and green when young, maturing to gray
  • stems are glabrous and smooth, unlike L. obtusifolium
  • flowers white, in panicles, early summer, fragrant
  • fruit is a round drupe, green maturing black, persisting
  • fruit structures (pedicels) are smooth, unlike L. obtusifolium
  • habit is a large, multi-stemmed shrub with spreading habit


View Ligustrum vulgare page in the UConn Plant Database


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