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''Ligustrum ovalifolium'', also known as California privet, garden privet, and oval-leaved privet, is a shrub in the privet genus ''Ligustrum''. 〔(Bellarmine University: ''Ligustrum ovalifolium'' (California Privet) )〕 The species is native to Japan and Korea. 〔 It is occasionally known as Japanese privet, but is not to be confused with ''Ligustrum japonicum'' which is predominantly called by that common name. ==Description== ''Ligustrum ovalifolium'' is a dense, fast-growing, deciduous (evergreen/semi-evergreen in warm winter areas) shrub. It grows to tall and wide.〔(Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder: ''Ligustrum ovalifolium'' (California privet) )〕 It has a thick, fleshy leaf that is green on the top, and greenish-yellow on the underside. 〔 It flowers in midsummer, the abundant white blooms producing a unique pungent fragrance, unpleasant to some. 〔They are borne in panicles. They have four curled-back petals and two high stamens with yellow or red anthers, between which is the low pistil; the petals and stamens fall off after the flower is fertilized, leaving the pistil in the calyx tube. Flowering starts after 330 growing degree days. The fruits, borne in clusters, are small purple to black drupes, poisonous for humans but readily eaten by many birds. 〔 In favorable growing conditions, individual shrubs may produce thousands of fruits.〔Hasskarl, Justus Carl. 1844. Catalogus Plantarum in Horto Botanico Bogoriensi Cultarum Alter 119.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ligustrum ovalifolium」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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