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

Chinese privet

Hortus Kew. 1: 19 (1810)

Data sources

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Sourced15 Source not recorded10 Not on the record3 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
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
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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 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 Sourced
Foliage texture coarse Sourced
Fruit color blue, black Sourced
Growth habit Tree, Shrub
  • Tree, Shrub · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
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 Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 4 / 9 · moderately dry air
  • 4 / 9 · moderately dry air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Light 8 / 9 · light
  • 8 / 9 · light · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ph maximum pH 7
  • pH 7 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Ph minimum pH 6.5
  • pH 6.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Soil nutriments 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic)
  • 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty 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