Latin name: Ligustrum compactum

Common name: ---

Abbr: Lco

Taxonomy: Oleaceae/Oleeae/Ligustrum

References : NCBI:txid178757

Introduction: A deciduous, sometimes partially evergreen shrub 10 to 15 ft high, of open, vigorous habit; branches spreading or somewhat pendent, slightly warted, and at first clothed with a very minute down, which mostly falls away by the end of the year. Leaves oval lance-shaped, tapering at both ends, 3 to 6 in. long, about one-third as wide; glabrous. Flowers creamy white with an odour like common privet, produced in July in numerous terminal panicles 6 or 7 in. high, and the same or more wide at the base. Fruits 1⁄4 to 3⁄8 in. long, rounded at the top, covered with purple bloom at first, then black.

Distribution: Native to the N.W. Himalaya .

Information sources: Trees and Shrubs Online