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ADDITIONAL PHOTOS


Ligustrum sinense


Chinese privet


Photographer: James R. Allison
Source: Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Bugwood.org

Description

Evergreen shrub with spreading branches. An escape from cultivation, found near streams and in old fencerows. Young twigs covered with fine hairs visible under a l0x hand lens. Leaves opposite, with short petioles; blades up to 2 inches long, ovate to elliptic, usually rounded at the tip, sometimes with a small notch, tapering to the base, and with smooth margins. Flowers white, fragrant, about 3/8 inch wide, borne in narrow clusters up to 4 inches long, appearing from March to May. Fruit berrylike, bluish black, 1/4 inch long by 3/16 inch wide, in clusters that bend down the branchlets bearing them, and hanging on into winter.



Photographer: Chris Evans, University of Illinois, Bugwood.org



Photographer: James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org







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