Notes For Reference:-

Species, Varieties, or Forms in the Genus Ligustrum:

Ligustrum japonicum / Nezumimochi
Ligustrum obtusifolium / Ibotanoki
Ligustrum salicinum / Yanagiibota
Ligustrum tschonoski / Miyamaibota
　

Ligustrum tschonoski / Miyamaibota ミヤマイボタ

Ligustrum tschonoski, a deciduous shrub of 1-3m in height, branches well and has short hairs on new shoots. Leaves are opposite: 2-5cm long, 1-2cm wide, oval-like, oblong to rhombus-like oval, thin texture, not glossy, with generally thick hairs on lower surfaces, but the quantity is variable, and entire margins. Branch tips emerge racemose-like panicles, and flowers are 0.6-0.7cm long and white; corollas are cleft into four. Fruit, 0.7-0.8cm long, spherical, matures to black-purple. Bloom time: June-July.