Species

Ligustrum vulgare

Common Name(s)

common privet

Family

Oleaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

LIGVUL

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Trees & Shrubs

Similar Taxa

Plant moderately deciduous; leaf midrib glabrose; anthers yellow.

Flower Colours

White

Year Naturalised

1872

Origin

Europe

Poisonous plant

Poisonous purplish-black berries.

This page last updated on 30 Jul 2014