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Planting Methods and Care Tips for Ligustrum quihoui

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Scientific name: Ligustrum quihoui Carr. English name: Purpus Privet. Family: Oleaceae. Shrub, 2-3 m tall. Branchlets densely covered with fine soft hairs. Leaves thinly leathery, elliptic or obovate-oblong, 1.5-5 cm long, 0.8-1.5 cm wide, hairless, apex blunt, base cuneate; petiole with short pubescence. Panicle 7-22 cm long, with fine soft hairs; flowers white, fragrant, sessile; corolla tube and lobes equal in length, anthers slightly exserted beyond the corolla

Scientific name: Ligustrum quihoui Carr.

English name: Purpus Privet

Family: Oleaceae

Shrub, 2-3 m tall. Branchlets densely covered with fine soft hairs. Leaves thinly leathery, elliptic or obovate-oblong, 1.5-5 cm long, 0.8-1.5 cm wide, hairless, apex blunt, base cuneate; petiole with short pubescence. Panicle 7-22 cm long, with fine soft hairs; flowers white, fragrant, sessile; corolla tube and lobes equal in length, anthers slightly exserted beyond the corolla. Drupe broadly elliptic, black, 8-9 mm long. Flowering period July-August, fruiting period October-November.

Produced in various places, often growing in thickets on calcareous soil or on stone cliffs, also cultivated by farmers; also distributed in North China, Central China and Southwest China.

The leaves and bark are used as medicine and can treat burns. It has strong resistance to sulfur dioxide and can be planted in areas with severe air pollution.

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