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Species
Ligustrum lucidum Ait. f.
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Tree or large shrub, evergreen. Leaves 4-10 (-17) cm long, 3-5 (-7) cm broad, oval to oblong-oval or broadly elliptic, acute or acuminate, base rounded, coriaceous, shining above, lateral nerves 4-6 pairs; petiole 1-2 cm. Pyramidal panicles up to 20 cm long, at the base up to 17 cm broad. Flowers creamish-white, strongly scented, almost sessile. Corolla tube as long as the calyx, lobes usually longer than the tube. Young fruit obovoid or ovoid, ripe subglobose, 6-8 mm in diam., purplish-blue.
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Shrubs or trees to 25 m, evergreen or deciduous, glabrous. Branchlets terete. Petiole 1-3 cm; leaf blade ovate to sometimes broadly elliptic or elliptic to lanceolate, 6-17 × 3-8 cm, leathery or papery, base rounded or sometimes attenuate, apex acute to acuminate or sometimes obtuse; primary veins 4-11 on each side of midrib, slightly raised or obscure. Panicles terminal, 8-20 × 8-25 cm; rachis angular in fruit. Flowers sessile or nearly so. Calyx 1.5-2 mm. Corolla 4-5 mm; tube ca. as long as lobes. Stamens approaching apex of corolla lobes; anthers 1-1.5 mm. Fruit deep blue-black, ripening red-black, reniform or nearly so, 7-10 × 4-6 mm. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Jul-May.
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Habit: Tree
Esquirolia sinensis H. Léveillé; Ligustrum compactum (Wallich ex G. Don) J. D. Hooker & Thomson ex Brandis var. latifolium W. C. Cheng; L. esquirolii H. Léveillé; L. lucidum var. esquirolii (H. Léveillé) H. Léveillé; L. lucidum f. latifolium (W. C. Cheng) P. S. Hsu.
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* Woods; below 2900 m.
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Local
Evergreen shrub or small tree, introduced as an ornamental hedge. Leaves dark, glossy green, oblong. Flowers in large terminal panicles, white, heavily scented. Fruits in large clusters of shiny black berries.
Fl. Per.: May-June. Fruit: October-December.
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lucidum: shining, glossy