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Ligustrum lucidum
Also called Tree Privet, Broadleaf Privet, Chinese Privet, Giant Privet, Chinese Wax Leaf Privet, Large Leaf Privet, Ligustrum
Glossy privet is an evergreen tree from southern China, grown as an ornamental and hedge plant. It is easy to grow in most soils but can become invasive in some regions.
Ligustrum lucidum, the broad-leaf privet, Chinese privet, glossy privet, tree privet or wax-leaf privet, is a species of flowering plant in the olive family Oleaceae, native to the southern half of China and naturalized in many places. The name "Chinese privet" is also used for Ligustrum sinense.
The Latin specific epithet lucidum means "bright" or "shiny", referring to the leaves.
Native to southern China, it has been naturalized in Spain, Italy, Algeria, Canary Islands, New Zealand, Lesotho, South Africa, Japan, Korea, Australia, Norfolk Island, Chiapas, Central America, Argentina, Uruguay, Southern and Southeastern Brazil and the southern United States (California, Arizona, Maryland, and the southeast from Texas to North Carolina)
Ligustrum lucidum is often used as an ornamental tree, sometimes in variegated forms. It is also one of several species of privet used as dense, evergreen hedges, which can be trained to a specific size and shape by regular pruning.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ligustrum lucidum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
