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Ligustrum obtusifolium
is a deciduous shrub found on forest edges in
fields and mountains, growing to 2-4m in height, with glandular
hairs on young branches. Leaves are opposite; blades are 2-7cm long,
7-20mm wide, long oblong, with entire margins, rounded tips, cuneate
bases, thin texture, not glossy, upper surfaces with no hairs, and
lower ones with some or no hairs. New branch tips emerge as 2-4cm
long racemes and set small white flowers; corollas are 7-9mm long,
tubular, funnel-shaped, with tips cleft in four; the lobes are
short, about 3mm long. Bloom time: May-June. |