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Ligustrum salicinum: A
small deciduous shrub to a tree that rarely occurs in western Japan,
with gray barks. Leaves are of opposite phyllotaxis; blades,
somewhat thin, 6-13cm long, in the shape of a narrow obovate, both
ends pointed, and conspicuous veins. Branch tips emerge panicles
that set many small white flowers; corollas are white, approximately
5mm in length. Their segments are as long as tubular parts or
somewhat shorter and divaricate to bend backward. Filaments are
longer than the corolla's segments, and female styles are about 4mm
long and project from the tubular parts. Fruit, 8-10mm long, is
oblong and matures in black-purple. Bloom time: June. |
