Sunday, May 24, 2020

ligustrum lucidum


bright privet
(assato) roasted
honeyed
waxed
and green








https://www.iewf.org/weedid/Ligustrum_lucidum.htm
Scientific Name
Ligustrum lucidum

Common Names
broadleaf privet

Origin
China and Japan

Family
Oleaceae

Distinguishing characteristics
Hairless shrub or small tree; branchlets with conspicuous white lenticels (a small spot appearing on young bark, through which gaseous exchange occurs).

Leaves pear to elliptic or narrow-pear in shape, tips tapering to the point, base rounded, margins entire, upper surface dark green, lower surface paler.

The flower head or inflorescence is a dense panicle (many branched) with a flower or flower bud at the end of each branch. The flower heads often appear pointed. The pedicel (flower stalk) is 1-3 mm long. Flower is white. Flowers in Summer. Fruit is a rounded berry, blue-black or black in colour.

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Other plants easily confused with this plant
Ligustrum lucidum (broadleaf privet) is easily confused with Ligustrum sinense (small-leaf privet).  The most obvious difference is the size of the leaves. L. lucidum usually has leaves with 4-13 cm long and 3-5 cm wide whereas L. sinense mostly has leaves 2-5 cm long and 1.5-2.5cm wide. Ligustrum sinense usually flowers in Spring and Ligustrum lucidum in Summer.