Taxon: Ligustrum lucidum W. T. Aiton

Common names:

• broadleaf privet   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• Chinese privet   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• Chinese wax-leaf privet   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – English
  
• giant privet   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• glossy privet   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  
• large-leaf privet   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• ligustrum   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – English
  
• tree privet   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• white waxtree   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• Chinese liguster   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• nu zhen   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• troène de Chine   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• tō-nezumimochi   (Source: F Japan ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• ligustro   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• trueno   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Eur Gard F; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Invertebrate food: wax insects   (fide F ChinaEng)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Ency CNatIn; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Weed   (fide Invasive Pl Spec; Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang

• AFRICA
  South Tropical Africa: Mozambique
  Southern Africa: South Africa
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  United States
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  South America [s.]

• widely cultivated

References:

• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
• Hardin, J. W. 1974. Studies of the southeastern United States flora: 4. Oleaceae. Sida 5:282.
• 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.
• Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) of the IUCN Species Survival Commission; National Biological Information Infrastructure, Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research and the University of Auckland. Global invasive species database (on-line resource).
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
• Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States.
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966–. Flora of Iraq.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• University of Georgia, Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health. Invasive.org: invasive and exotic species of North America (on-line resource).
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
• Zhong Guo & Hua Jing. 1993. China floral encyclopaedia.

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Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Ligustrum lucidum.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Ligustrum lucidum.

Check other web resources for Ligustrum lucidum W. T. Aiton:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Ligustrum lucidum 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.

Images:

• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Seed: 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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