Ligustrum expansum Rehder

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Oleaceae > Ligustrum

Characteristics

Shrubs ca. 3 m, deciduous. Branchlets and petiole sparsely puberulent, glabrescent. Petiole 0.5-1.2 cm; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate to elliptic, 2.5-12 × 1.5-5.5 cm, papery, glabrous or abaxially villous, base cuneate, apex acute to acuminate. Panicles terminal, spreading, 10-18 × 8-16 cm; rachis pubescent. Flowers sessile or nearly so. Calyx ca. 2 mm, glabrous. Corolla salverform, 7-10 mm; tube 1.5-2 × as long as lobes. Stamens not exceeding corolla lobes; anthers ca. 2 mm. Fruit oblong-ellipsoid, ca. 10 × 5 mm. Fr. Sep.
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Woods and along streams in montane regions; at elevations from 400-2,000 metres.
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Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Ligustrum expansum world distribution map, present in China and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:609976-1
WFO ID wfo-0000816372
COL ID 6PYRM
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Synonyms

Ligustrum thibeticum Ligustrum purpurascens Ligustrum expansum Ligustrum robustum subsp. chinense