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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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