Latin name: Ligustrum sinense

Common name: Chinese Privet

Abbr: Lsi

Taxonomy: Oleaceae/Oleeae/Ligustrum

References : NCBI:txid126438

Introduction: It can be both a twining, climbing vine or prostrate and trailing groundcover, spreading both by rhizomes and above-ground runners as well as wide dispersal of the seeds by birds and small mammals that eat the berries. It is a rampant grower that can reach 16 to 29 feet high and 3 to 6 feet wide. It is capable of growing over plants and smothering them. It can displace native species by outcompeting plants for light, space, water and nutrients. Remove Japanese honeysuckle where possible and keep it away from landscape plants.

Distribution: Native to Japan, Korea, Manchuria and China.

Information sources: Plant Detail