(Last Modified On 7/8/2013)
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(Last Modified On 7/8/2013)
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Genus
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Ligustrum L.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Sp. PI. 7. 1753
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Note
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TYPE: L. vulgare L.
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Description
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Shrubs or small trees, evergreen or deciduous; pubescence of simple hairs. Leaves simple, entire, opposite, pinnately veined, often minutely punctate be- neath; petioles short, canaliculate; exstipulate. Inflorescences mostly terminal panicles, sometimes congested and spikelike, the branching sometimes alternate; scalelike bracts and bractlets mostly present. Flowers often odorous, mostly white; calyx small, cupular, 4-denticulate; corolla salverform to campanulate, lobed ca. halfway, the 4 lobes valvate but sometimes appearing imbricate when dry; stamens 2, the slender filaments inserted near the top of the corolla tube, the anthers basi- fixed, oblong, apiculate, introrse; style *with 2 oblong or fusiform stigmatic branches, the ovary subglobose, 2-carpellate and 2-loculed, each with 2 pendulous, anatropous ovules. Fruits baccate drupes with 1-4 pyrenes, rarely dehiscent.
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Habit
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Shrubs or small trees
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Distribution
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This genus is native to the Old World and is best developed in eastern Asia. Several species are cultivated in the New World and some of these are naturalized.
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Note
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Privets are useful hedge plants. In some places they are difficult to control be- cause of their vigorous underground growth. A few cases of livestock poisoning have been attributed to this genus in other parts of the world.
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Common
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privet alagustre
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