Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Ligustrum lucidum, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced8 Source not recorded17 Not on the record3 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	W.T.Aiton	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Hortus Kew. 1: 19 (1810)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1810	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Chinese privet	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Family common name	Olive family	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	C. & S. China to Hainan, S. Korea	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	705 cm	705 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 96 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 63, 68, 175, 214, 236, 251, 873, 882, 918	Sourced
Biological type	phanerophyte	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 175, 918	Sourced
Flower color	empty	blue, green, purple, white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Foliage color	green	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 443, 879	Sourced
Foliage texture	coarse	coarse · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 443, 879	Sourced
Fruit color	blue, black	black, blue · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Growth habit	Tree, Shrub	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Maximum height	1000 cm	1000 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 63, 68, 175, 214, 236, 251, 873, 882, 918	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 236, 443, 879, 882, 918	Sourced
Fruit months	may, jun, jul, aug	may, jun, jul, aug · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	4 / 9 · moderately dry air	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Light	8 / 9 · light	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph maximum	pH 7	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 6.5	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Soil nutriments	5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	34.6 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 227	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	food_general, medical, ornamental, timber · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68	Not on the record

Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton, 1810 41% complete

Chinese privet

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