Oleaceae
Chinese privet
Ligustrum sinense
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Genus
- Ligustrum
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Ligustrum sinenseOleaceae
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- تمرحنة صينية
- Armenian
- Կիպրոս չինական
- arz
- تمرحنه صينيه
- Azerbaijani
- Çin birgözü
- Cantonese
- 山指甲
- Chinese
- 小實女貞, 小蜡, 光萼小蜡, 千张树, 小蜡树, 小蜡（小蜡树）, 山指甲, 水黄杨
- English
- Chinese privet
- Finnish
- Kiinanlikusteri
- French
- Troène de Chine
- German
- Chinesischer Liguster
- Japanese
- コミノネズミモチ
- Persian
- برگ نوی چینی
- Portuguese
- Ligustrina
- Russian
- Бирючина китайская, Волчья ягодка
- Spanish
- Ligustrin, Ligustrina, Ligustrín, Olea consanguinea, Olea walpersiana, Phillyrea indica
- szy
- Nipaluma-nicence
- Thai
- ข้าวตอกพระร่วง
Synonyms
- Ligustrum nokoensis Masam. & K.Mori
- Ligustrum sinense var. villosum (May) Rehder ex C.K.Schneid.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
More in Ligustrum
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- Japanese privetLigustrum japonicumOleaceae
- Border privetLigustrum obtusifoliumOleaceae
- 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.