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Ligustrum delavayanum

(Chinese Privet)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Chinese Privet

Description

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Family Oleaceae

Trees or erect or scandent shrubs . Branches and branchlets lenticellate . Leaves opposite, rarely alternate or whorled , simple , trifoliolate , or pinnately compound , without stipules; venation pinnate or palmate. Inflorescences terminal or axillary , in cymes, panicles, racemes , umbels, or fascicles. Flowers actinomorphic , bisexual , rarely unisexual or polygamous and plants monoecious, dioecious, or polygamodioecious. Calyx 4(-16) -lobed or -parted, rarely absent. Corolla 4(-16) -lobed, sometimes almost free to base , rarely absent; lobes sometimes united in pairs at base or into a very short tube . Stamens 2(-4), inserted on corolla tube or hypogynous; anthers dehiscing longitudinally; pollen 3-colpate or 3-colporate. Ovary superior, 2-loculed; ovules 2 in each locule, sometimes 1 or numerous . Style 1 or absent; stigma 2-lobed or capitate. Fruit a drupe, berry, capsule, or samara. Seeds with straight embryo, with or without endosperm; radicle curved upward or downward.

About 28 genera and over 400 species: tropical , subtropical , and temperate regions of world, but mainly in Asia. China has 10 genera and 160 species (95 endemic) and is the center of diversity for the genera Forsythia, Syringa, Osmanthus, and Ligustrum.

Many genera are important economically: Fraxinus and Forsythia (medicinal, ornamental ) ; Jasminum, Osmanthus, and Syringa (spice, ornamental) ; Olea (oil ) ; and Fraxinus (timber) .[1]

Genus Ligustrum

Shrubs or small trees , deciduous or evergreen . Leaves opposite, simple , short petiolate ; leaf blade entire. Inflorescences terminal panicles of cymes, rarely lateral . Flowers bisexual , sessile or pedicellate . Calyx campanulate , truncate or 4-toothed, persistent . Corolla white, rotate, funnelform , or salverform , 4-lobed; lobes ca. as long as or shorter than corolla tube , valvate in bud. Stamens 2, inserted at mouth of corolla tube, included or exserted; anthers yellow or sometimes purple, oblong . Ovules 2 in each locule, pendulous. Style shorter than stamens; stigma 2-cleft. Fruit a berrylike drupe with membranous or papery endocarp, rarely drupaceous or loculicidal. Seeds 1-4; endosperm fleshy ; radicle short, upward.

About 45 species: Asia, Australia, Europe; 27 species in China. Ligustrum japonicum Thunberg and L. ovalifolium Hasskarl, native to Japan and S Korea, are widely cultivated in China. No material of L. matsudae Kanehira ex Shimizu & Kao and L. seisuiense Shimizu & Kao, both described from Taiwan, has been seen.[2]

Physical Description

Habit: Evergreen .

Flowers: Bloom Period: January, February, March, April, May. • Flower Color: near white, white

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 8-10' tall.

Biology

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Growth

Culture: Space 6-8' apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 4.5 • Maximum pH: .1

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b. (map)

Taxonomy

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Notes

Publishing author : Har. Publication : J. Bot. (Morot) 14: 172 (1900)

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Ligustrum

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 36 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

L. amurense (Amur North River Privet) · L. amurensis (Amur River Privet Hedge) · L. delavayanum (Chinese Privet) · L. japonica (Japanese Privet) · L. japonicum (Japanese Privet) · L. japonicum f. pubescens (Japanese Wax-Leaf Privet) · L. japonicum 'Variegatum' (Japanese Privet) · L. japonicum var. rotundifolium (Japanese Privet) · L. japonicum 'Jack Frost' (Jack Frost Privet) · L. japonicum 'Korean Choice' (Korean Choice Privet) · L. japonicum 'Nobilis' (Noble Privet) · L. japonicum 'Recurvifolium' (Curled-Leaf Privet) · L. japonicum 'Texanum' (Waxleaf Privet) · L. lucidum (Glossy Privet) · L. lucidum 'Davidson Hardy' (Glossy Privet) · L. obtusifolium (Border Privet) · L. obtusifolium Siebold & Zucc. var. regelianum (Koehne) Rehder 'Elite' (Border Privet) · L. ovalifolium (California Privet) · L. ovalifolium var. hisauchii (California Privet) · L. ovalifolium 'Aureum' (Golden Privet) · L. quihoui (Wax-Leaf Privet) · L. robustum (Sri Lankan Privet) · L. sempervirens (Ambulia) · L. sinense (Chinese Privet) · L. sinense 'Pendulum' (Chinese Privet) · L. sinense 'Variegata' (Variegated Chinese Privet) · L. sinense 'Variegatum' (Chinese Privet) · L. sinense 'Wimbei' (Chinese Privet) · L. suspensum (Weeping Golden Bell) · L. vulgare (Chinese Privet) · L. vulgare f. nanum (Common Privet) · L. vulgare 'Amur River' (Common Privet) · L. vulgare 'Cheyenne' (Cheyenne Privet) · L. vulgare 'Lodense' (Common Privet) · L. x vicaryi (Golden Ligustrum) · L. x 'Suwannee River' (Suwannee River Privet)

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Further Reading

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Notes

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Footnotes

  1. Mei-chen Chang, Lien-ching Chiu, Zhi Wei & Peter S. Green "Oleaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 15 Page 272. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
  2. "Ligustrum". in Flora of China Vol. 15 Page 299. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
Last Revised: 2012-07-21