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PRE — Plant Risk Evaluator

Ligustrum sinense

by John Tann
Common Name(s)
Chinese privet
Synonym(s)
None Listed

Is this plant a cultivar?  No

Life History:  Perennial

Growth Form:  shrub

China, Taiwan, Vietnam

Ligustrum sinense is an deciduous shrub growing to 2–7 m tall, with densely hairy shoots. The leaves are opposite, 2–7 cm long and 1–3 cm broad, rarely larger, with an entire margin and a 2–8 mm petiole. The flowers are white, with a four-lobed corolla 3.5–5.5 mm long. The fruit is subglobose, 5–8 mm diameter.

It is cultivated as an ornamental plant and for hedges. It was introduced to North America to be used for hedges and landscaping where it has now escaped from cultivation and is listed as an invasive plant in southeastern states. It is estimated that Chinese privet now occupies over one million hectares of land across 12 states ranging from Virginia to Florida and west to Texas, with detrimental effects to biodiversity and forest health (Wikipedia).

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