Mazhar Botanic Garden

Viburnum tinus L.

Laurustine

Family: Adoxaceae
Genus: Viburnum
Species: tinus
Sample code: EGY-MBG-000711
English name: Laurustine
Arabic name: فايبرنم احمر
Native: Mediterranean region
Country: Mediterranean region
(PGR): Common

Evergreen shrub growing 2-7 m tall leaves ovate to elliptic, 4-10 cm long, 2-4 cm broad flowers fragrant, small or light pink produced from reddish-pink buds fruit  drupe, dark blue-black, 5-7 mm long

Ornamental plant. Hedges . 

Viburnum lucidum Mill, Viburnum lauriforme Lam

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Texture: Chalk Clay Sandy Enriched soil Loam
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Well drained
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Temperate
Lights: Light shade
Propagation: Cuttings
Flowering time: Winter
Zone: 7 : 9
pH range: 6.6-7.3
Status: Conservation
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Perennial shrub
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Hedge Landscape Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Evergreen shrub
pH: Acid Alkaline

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