Taxon: Ligustrum ovalifolium Hassk.

• the 2 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• California privet   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  
• garden privet   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• Kaliforniese liguster   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• troène des haies   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• japanischer Liguster   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• ōba-ibota   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• ligustro   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• aligustre japonés   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• bredbladig liguster   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: boundary/barrier/support   (for hedges fide Dict Gard)
  
• Environmental: ornamental   (for hedges fide Dict Gard)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Cooper & Johnson ed2)
  
• Weed   (fide Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Ligustrum ovalifolium from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku; Korea, South

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning.
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• 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.
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. [cultivated].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan.
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976).
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). [mentions].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Ligustrum ovalifolium.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Ligustrum ovalifolium.

Synonyms:

• (=) Ligustrum medium Franch. & Sav.
  

Check other web resources for Ligustrum ovalifolium Hassk.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Ligustrum ovalifolium 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.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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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