Taxon: Ligustrum japonicum Thunb.

Common names:

• Japanese privet   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• Japanese wax-leaf privet   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – English
  
• wax-leaf privet   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• Japanse liguster   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Krussmann)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Weed   (fide Rep NCEPPC; Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Honshu [w.], Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku; Korea, South; Taiwan

• naturalized elsewhere

• cultivated elsewhere

References:

• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. (Weeds SAfr 2001)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan. (F Japan)
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). (Krussmann)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F)
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng) [mentions].

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Synonyms:

• (=) Ligustrum coriaceum Carrière
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Ligustrum japonicum var. rotundifolium Blume
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other databases for Ligustrum japonicum Thunb.:

• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Ligustrum japonicum cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Forestry Images: Images of invasive weeds from www.forestryimages.org
• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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