Common name
English: European Privet, Wild Privet
German: Beinholz, Bocksbeere, Gemeiner Liguster, Liguster
Portuguese: Alfenheiro, Ligustro, Santoninhas
English: European Privet, Wild Privet
German: Beinholz, Bocksbeere, Gemeiner Liguster, Liguster
Portuguese: Alfenheiro, Ligustro, Santoninhas
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Scrophulariales (81)
Family: Oleaceae (19)(family description)
Genus: Ligustrum (3)
Epithet: vulgare L. (11)
Synonyms: Ligustrum album Gueldenst. ex Ledeb., Ligustrum decipiens Gand., Ligustrum insulare Decne., Ligustrum insulense Decne., Ligustrum italicum Mill., Ligustrum lodense Glogau, Ligustrum oviforme Gand., Ligustrum vicinum Gand.
album => dead white, without lustre
decipiens => deceiving, misleading
italicum => of Italian origin
oviforme => oval, egg-shaped; elliptic, but broader at the base
vulgare => common, everyday
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: white
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