Ligustrum quihoui Carrière

Waxyleaf privet (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Oleaceae > Ligustrum

Characteristics

Shrubs semievergreen, 1-3 m. Branchlets terete, puberulent, glabrescent. Petiole 0-5 mm; leaf blade lanceolate, elliptic, to obovate, 1-4(-5.5) × 0.5-2(-3) cm, thin leathery, glabrous or rarely puberulent along midrib, base attenuate, apex acute to obtuse or retuse; primary veins 2-4(or 5) on each side of midrib. Panicles terminal, contracted, 4-15(-22) × 2-4 cm; rachis with leaflike bracts reduced in size upward. Flowers subsessile. Calyx 1.5-2 mm, glabrous. Corolla 4-5 mm; tube ca. as long as lobes. Stamens exceeding corolla lobes; anthers ca. 1.5 mm. Fruit purple-black, obovoid, ellipsoid, or subglobose, 5-9 × 4-7 mm. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Aug-Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 2.5 - 4.0
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 3.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Ligustrum quihoui habit picture by Dieter Albrecht (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Ligustrum quihoui world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, China, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:610077-1
WFO ID wfo-0000816223
COL ID 6PYS8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Ligustrum argyi Ligustrum quihoui Ligustrum brachystachyum Ligustrum vulgare var. brachystachyum Ligustrum quihoui var. quihoui Ligustrum quihoui var. brachystachyum Ligustrum quihoui var. trichopodum