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Taxon:  Ligustrum japonicum Thunb.



Summary
Genus:
Ligustrum
Family:
Oleaceae
Tribe:
Oleeae
Nomen number:
22079
Place of publication:
Nov. Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 3:207. 1780
Verified:
10/19/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Ligustrum japonicum Thunb. var. japonicum

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ligustrum coriaceum Carrière
Ligustrum japonicum Thunb. var. rotundifolium Blume
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Reference(s)
  1. Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
  2. Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
  3. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  4. Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
  5. Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
  6. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  7. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  8. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
  9. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
  10. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: mentions
  11. 2018. Mid-Atlantic invasive plant species (on-line resource)
Common names
English
Japanese privet –
Japanese wax-leaf privet –
wax-leaf privet –
Afrikaans
Japanse liguster –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHonshuw.
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanKyushu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanRyukyu Islands 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanShikoku 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea, South  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
2Cultivated    also cult.
4Naturalized    natzd. elsewhere
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Honshu (w.), Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku], Korea, South, Taiwan
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Weed  Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=22079. Accessed 29 April 2025.