Mazhar Botanic Garden

Ligustrum vulgare L.

Common privet European privet

Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Ligustrum
Species: vulgare
Sample code: EGY-MBG-000498
English name: Common privet, European privet
Arabic name: ليجسترم فولجار
Native: Southern Europe, north Africa
Country: North Africa Southern Europe
(PGR): Common

Evergreen shrub growing to 3 m tall leaves simple, opposite, narrow oval lanceolate, 2-6 cm long flowers creamy white in panicles fruit small berry

Soil: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and can grow in heavy clay

hedge plant.

Ligustrum decipiens Gand

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Texture: Clay Loam Sandy
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Cuttings
Flowering time: Early spring
Zone: 4 : 7
pH range: 6.0-8.0
Status: Cultivated
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Shrub
Plant Uses: Hedge
Vegetation types: Evergreen shrub

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