Oleaceae
Border privet
Ligustrum obtusifolium
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Genus
- Ligustrum
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Common names
By language (9)
- Chinese
- 水蜡, 水蠟, 水腊树, 水蜡树, 辽东水蜡树
- Czech
- Ptačí zob tupolistý
- Danish
- Butbladet Liguster
- English
- Border privet
- German
- Stumpfblättriger Liguster
- Japanese
- イボタノキ
- Korean
- 쥐똥나무, 검정알나무
- Russian
- Бирючина туполистная
- Swedish
- Japansk liguster
Synonyms
- Ligustrum ibota Siebold ex Blume
- Ligustrum ibota f. obtusifolium (Siebold & Zucc.) Koidz.
- Ligustrum ibota var. obtusifolium (Siebold & Zucc.) Koidz.
- Ligustrum obtusifolium var. amurense (Carrière) Mansf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Richard Webb, Self-employed horticulurist, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Ligustrum
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- Glossy privetLigustrum lucidumOleaceae
- California privetLigustrum ovalifoliumOleaceae
- Chinese privetLigustrum sinenseOleaceae
- Japanese privetLigustrum japonicumOleaceae
- Wild privetLigustrum robustumOleaceae
- Waxyleaf privetLigustrum quihouiOleaceae
- Ligustrum ibotaOleaceae
- PrivetLigustrum sempervirensOleaceae
- Tschonosky privetLigustrum tschonoskiiOleaceae
- Ligustrum delavayanumOleaceae
- Ligustrum henryiOleaceae
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.