Glossy privet
Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- —
- tall
- 9.9 m
- wide
- 3.5 m
Oleaceae
Formerly Esquirolia sinensis, Faulia verrucosa, Ligustrum esquirolii, Ligustrum magnoliifolium, and 6 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Nepal, NE. Myanmar to C. & S. China, Hainan, S. KoreaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 4.6 m to 15 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 2.4 m to 4.6 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -17.8 °C (USDA zone 7a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (4)
- Simplified Chinese
- 蜡树, 白蜡树, 大叶蜡树
- Chinese
- 女贞子, 女贞, 女贞叶
- Asturian
- sanxuanín de la china
- Slovenian
- bleščeča kalina
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 2.5
- 3D model: Ligustrum lucidum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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