Ligustrum robustum

Botanical Description

Ligustrum robustum is an evergreen shrub or a small tree usually growing up to 10 metres tall, though some old specimens in Sri Lanka have been recorded as 15 metres or more tall with trunks more than 200cm in diameter[ 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 various materials, and can be grown within its native range as a pioneer species for re-establishing woodland. It is widely grown as an ornamental and hedging plant, valued especially for its panicles of white flowers, its ease of growth, freedom from pests and ability to withstand difficult conditions including the pollution of cities[ 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). ]. Ligustrum robustum consists of the species plus two recognised subspecies. Subspecies walkeri is one of the most serious invasive species in the Indian Ocean islands of Mauritius and La Réunion where it is having a direct negative impact on forest biodiversity. Seeds in both islands are thought to be dispersed almost entirely by a bird which is another introduced species, the red-whiskered bulbul, Pycnotus jocosus. The plant is already one of the dominant species in remnant Mauritian native forests and is expected to become the same in La Réunion if control efforts are unsuccessful[ 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). ].