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''Ligustrum vulgare'' (wild privet, also sometimes known as common privet or European privet), is a species of ''Ligustrum'' native to central and southern Europe, north Africa and southwestern Asia, from Ireland and southwestern Sweden south to Morocco, and east to Poland and northwestern Iran.〔Flora Europaea: (''Ligustrum vulgare'' )〕〔Plants for a Future: (''Ligustrum vulgare'' )〕〔Germplasm Resources Information Network: (''Ligustrum vulgare'' )〕〔Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. (1989). ''Flora of Britain and Northern Europe''. ISBN 0-340-40170-2〕〔Bean, W. J. (1978). ''Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles'' vol. 2: 576-577. ISBN 0-7195-2256-0.〕 It is a semi-evergreen or deciduous shrub, growing to 3 m (rarely up to 5 m) tall. The stems are stiff, erect, with grey-brown bark spotted with small brown lenticels. The leaves are borne in decussate opposite pairs, sub-shiny green, narrow oval to lanceolate, 2–6 cm long and 0.5–1.5 cm broad. The flowers are produced in mid summer in panicles 3–6 cm long, each flower creamy-white, with a tubular base and a four-lobed corolla ('petals') 4–6 mm diameter. The flowers produce a strong, pungent fragrance that many people find unpleasant. The fruit is a small glossy black berry 6–8 mm diameter, containing one to four seeds. The berries are poisonous to humans but readily eaten by thrushes, which disperse the seeds in their droppings.〔〔〔Flora of Northwest Europe: (''Ligustrum vulgare'' )〕 Plants from the warmer parts of the range show a stronger tendency to be fully evergreen; these have sometimes been treated as a separate variety ''Ligustrum vulgare'' var. ''italicum'' (Mill.) Vahl,〔 but others do not regard it as distinct.〔 In the British Isles it is the only native privet, common in hedgerows and woodlands in southern England and Wales, especially in chalk areas; it is less common in northern England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, where it only occurs as an escape from cultivation.〔〔The Reader's Digest Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of Britain ''p.52''.〕〔Flora of Northern Ireland: (''Ligustrum vulgare'' )〕 ==Cultivation and uses== The species was used for hedging in Elizabethan gardens in England, but was superseded by the more reliably evergreen introduction ''L. ovalifolium'' from Japan.〔 A number of cultivars have been selected, including:〔 *'Aureum' – yellow leaves. *'Buxifolium' – small, oval leaves not over 2.5 cm long. *'Cheyenne' – cold-tolerant clone selected in North America. *'Chlorocarpum' - berries green. *'Insulense' – long, narrow leaves 5–11 cm long and 1-2.5 cm broad. *'Leucocarpum' – berries greenish-white. *'Lodense' – dense, dwarf shrub (the name is a portmanteau of 'low' and 'dense'). *'Pyramidale' – fastigiate. *'Xanthocarpum' – berries yellow. 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 vulgare」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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