Oleaceae
Glossy privet
Ligustrum lucidum
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Genus
- Ligustrum
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Common names
By language (20)
- Albanian
- Ligustra
- Arabic
- ليغوستروم لوسيدوم, ليغستروم, وثاقية المعة, وثاقية لامعة
- Armenian
- Կիպրոս փայլուն
- Asturian
- Sanxuanín de la china
- Azerbaijani
- Parlaq birgöz
- Basque
- Beltxale distiratsu
- Cantonese
- 白蠟樹
- Chinese
- 女楨, 女貞, 女贞, 大叶蜡树, 女贞叶, 女贞子, 女贞根, 女贞皮
- English
- Glossy privet
- Estonian
- Läikiv liguster
- German
- Glänzender Liguster
- Hebrew
- ליגוסטרום מבריק
- Japanese
- トウネズミモチ
- lzh
- 女貞
- mnc
- ᠵᡝᡴᡩᡠᠨ ᠮᠣᠣ
- Persian
- لیگاستروم لوسیدم
- Polish
- Ligustr lśniący
- Portuguese
- Ligustro
- Slovenian
- Bleščeča kalina
- Swedish
- Glansliguster
Synonyms
- Esquirolia sinensis H.Lév.
- Faulia verrucosa Raf.
- Ligustrum compactum var. latifolium W.C.Cheng
- Ligustrum esquirolii H.Lév.
- Ligustrum hookeri Decne.
- Ligustrum japonicum f. aureomarginatum (Rehder) Schelle
- Ligustrum japonicum var. alivonii André
- Ligustrum japonicum var. macrophyllum C.K.Schneid.
- Ligustrum lucidum f. alivonii (André) Schelle
- Ligustrum lucidum f. aureomarginatum (Rehder) Rehder
- Ligustrum lucidum f. latifolium (W.C.Cheng) P.S.Hsu
- Ligustrum lucidum f. lucidum
- Ligustrum lucidum f. tricolor (Rehder) Rehder
- Ligustrum lucidum var. alivonii (André) Rehder
- Ligustrum lucidum var. alivonii (André) G.Nicholson
- Ligustrum lucidum var. aureomarginatum Rehder
- Ligustrum lucidum var. aureovariegatum Bean
- Ligustrum lucidum var. esquirolii H.Lév.
- Ligustrum lucidum var. tricolor Rehder
- Ligustrum lucidum var. xideense J.L.Liu
- Ligustrum magnoliifolium Dippel
- Ligustrum nepalense var. glabrum Hook.
- Ligustrum roxburghii Blume
- Ligustrum sinense var. latifolium T.Moore
- Ligustrum wallichii Vis.
- Olea chinensis Sweet
- Olea clavata G.Don
- Phillyrea paniculata Roxb.
- Phillyrea terminalis Roxb. ex Wall.
- Phillyrea terminalis B.Heyne ex Wall.
- Visiania paniculata (Roxb.) DC.
Flowers
- In flower
- January, April to July (from 732 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Elizabeth Moll-Willard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nate Sabo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alison Northup, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: lazarus, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cliff Tyllick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ανώνυμος Βικιπαιδιστής, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Todd Boland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Shi Annan, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.