Oleaceae

Wild privet

Ligustrum vulgare L.

Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Ligustrum

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Wild privet: Ligustrum vulgare — Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (38)

Arabic: تمرحنة شائعة, باسم, نوار أبيض, ياسمون
Armenian: Սրնգենի սովորական
arz: تمرحنه شائعه
Asturian: Palera, Sanxuanín, Taluxa
Azerbaijani: Adi birgöz
Basque: Arbustu
Belarusian: Біручына звычайная, Крушына
Bulgarian: Обикновена маслинка
Catalan: Olivereta
Chinese: 欧洲女贞, 歐洲女貞
Croatian: Obična kalina
Czech: Ptačí zob obecný
Danish: Almindelig Liguster
Dutch: Wilde liguster
English: Wild privet, European privet
Estonian: Harilik liguster
Finnish: Aitalikusteri
French: Troène commun
frr: Lagoster
Galician: Alfaneiro
German: Gewöhnlicher Liguster, Liguster
Hungarian: Közönséges fagyal
Japanese: セイヨウイボタ
Macedonian: Прасика
Norwegian Bokmål: Liguster
Norwegian Nynorsk: Liguster
os: Хуымæтæджы сахъхъæд
Persian: برگ نو
Polish: Ligustr pospolity
Portuguese: Alfeneiro
Romanian: Lemn câinesc
Russian: Бирючина обыкновенная
Serbian: Калина
Slovak: Zob vtáčí
Slovenian: Navadna kalina
Swedish: Liguster
Ukrainian: Бирючина звичайна
Welsh: Yswydden

Synonyms

Ligustrum album Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.
Ligustrum album Gueldenst.
Ligustrum angustifolium Gilib.
Ligustrum decipiens Gand.
Ligustrum insulare Decne.
Ligustrum insulense Decne.
Ligustrum italicum Mill.
Ligustrum lodense Glogau
Ligustrum oviforme Gand.
Ligustrum sempervirens Mazziari
Ligustrum sempervirens (Gray) Lindl.
Ligustrum vicinum Gand.
Ligustrum vulgare f. argenteovariegatum (Weston) Rehder
Ligustrum vulgare f. aureovariegatum (Weston) Schelle
Ligustrum vulgare f. aureum (H.Jaeger) Dippel
Ligustrum vulgare f. auriflorum (Hoefker) Rehder
Ligustrum vulgare f. buxifolium (G.Nicholson) Rehder
Ligustrum vulgare f. chlorocarpum (Loudon) Schelle
Ligustrum vulgare f. densiflorum (C.K.Schneid.) Rehder
Ligustrum vulgare f. flaviflorum Murr ex Hegi
Ligustrum vulgare f. glaucum (Mouill.) Rehder
Ligustrum vulgare f. leucocarpum (Loudon) Schelle
Ligustrum vulgare f. lodense (Glogau) Rehder
Ligustrum vulgare f. microphyllum Murr ex Hegi
Ligustrum vulgare f. nanum Rehder
Ligustrum vulgare f. pendulum (Carrière) Dippel
Ligustrum vulgare f. pyramidale (Späth) Dippel
Ligustrum vulgare f. rupicola (Hoefker) Hegi
Ligustrum vulgare f. triphyllum Murr ex Hegi
Ligustrum vulgare f. xanthocarpum (Loudon) P.D.Sell
Ligustrum vulgare f. xanthocarpum (G.Don) Schelle
Ligustrum vulgare subsp. italicum (Mill.) Fukarek
Ligustrum vulgare unranked nanum Kohankie
Ligustrum vulgare unranked pendulum Carrière
Ligustrum vulgare var. argenteovariegatum Weston
Ligustrum vulgare var. atrovirens Hoefker
Ligustrum vulgare var. aureovariegatum Weston
Ligustrum vulgare var. aureum Hoefker
Ligustrum vulgare var. aureum H.Jaeger
Ligustrum vulgare var. auriflorum Hoefker

and 23 more.

Flowers

Flower colour: white (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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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.