Ligustrum L

Description

“Pet poisonous” – Toxic parts: leaves, berries The simple leaves are elliptic to ovate in shape, oppositely arranged on slender twigs, often leathery and thick. The leaf margins are smooth and entire.Flowers have both male and female parts, and the corollas are white. The calyx is small, obconic or campanulate, and 4-toothed. Each flower has petals that are fused into a tube below with four separate lobes above. Flowers are borne on small panicles terminating the main axis and on short lateral branches. Bloom time is usually June-July.The fruit is a subglobose or ovoid drupe containing 1-4 seeds. Fruit clusters generally ripen during September and October and persist through the winter. Mature specimens can produce hundreds of fruit