Oleaceae FAMILY

Ligustrum vulgare

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

Poisonous[ 10 Title Poisonous Plants and Animals. Publication Author Altmann. H. Publisher Chatto and Windus Year 1980 ISBN 0-7011-2526-8 Description A small book, reasonable but not very detailed. ], though the toxicity is of a very low order and normally the consumption of the fruit leads to vomiting or no symptoms at all[ 65 Title A Colour Atlas of Poisonous Plants. Publication Author Frohne. D. and Pfänder. J. Publisher Wolfe Year 1984 ISBN 0723408394 Description Brilliant. Goes into technical details but in a very readable way. The best work on the subject that I've come across so far. ].

Botanical Description

Ligustrum vulgare is a semi-evergreen shrub or small, usually multi-stemmed tree that can grow around 3 - 6 metres tall. The plant often suckers freely to form dense thickets[ 1093 Title Invasive Species Compendium Publication Author Website http://www.cabi.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An immense resource - in depth information on over 900 species of invasive plants (it also has information on animals, fungi etc). ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of materials. Ligustrum vulgare has often been grown as an ornamental and as a hedge plant. It often escapes from cultivation and has become naturalized in many areas, especially in several states of the USA. It is reported as invasive in North and South America (Canada, USA, Argentina and Brazil), South Africa, Australia and New Zealand[ 1093 Title Invasive Species Compendium Publication Author Website http://www.cabi.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An immense resource - in depth information on over 900 species of invasive plants (it also has information on animals, fungi etc). ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeCentral and southern Europe, from southern Norway, Britain and Portugal, east through the Caucasus and Turkey to Iran; N.. Africa - Morocco.

HabitatOpen woodland, hedges and scrub, often by the sea and usually on calcareous soils[ 10 Title Poisonous Plants and Animals. Publication Author Altmann. H. Publisher Chatto and Windus Year 1980 ISBN 0-7011-2526-8 Description A small book, reasonable but not very detailed. , 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. , 50 Title Flora Europaea Publication Author ? Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1964 ISBN - Description An immense work in 6 volumes (including the index). The standard reference flora for Europe, it is very terse though and with very little extra information. Not for the casual reader. ].