Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Ligustrum obtusifolium, 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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Sourced2 Source not recorded10 Not on the record2 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Siebold & Zucc.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(3): 168 (1846)	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	1846	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Border privet	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Family common name	Olive family	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	E. China to Japan	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	175 cm	175 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68	Sourced
Growth habit	Shrub	Shrub · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	empty	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 445	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	ornamental · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68	Not on the record

Ligustrum obtusifolium Siebold & Zucc., 1846 14% complete

Border privet

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