Ligustrum sinense

Botanic Name Recordings

山指甲

Chinese Privet

Plant Type

Native/Exotic

Usual Habitats

Shrub

Native

Hillside Woodland, Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)

Evergreen/Deciduous/

Semi Deciduous

Evergreen

Design Function

Fragrant, Hedge, Screen, Shade tolerant

Foliage Colour (other than or in addition to green)

Foliage Colour (other than green) Time of Year

Fruit Colour

Black

Fruit Time of Year

g. JULY, h. AUGUST, i. SEPTEMBER, j. OCTOBER, k. NOVEMBER

White

Flower Colour

Flower Time of Year

c. MARCH, d. APRIL, e. MAY

Landscape Application Examples

20220405_Mui Wo_Ligustrum sinense, Terminalia catappa

20210307_Mui Wo_Podocarpus macrophyllus, Ligustrum sinense

20200311_HKU_Acacia confusa, Ligustrum sinense, Schefflera heptaphylla

20200222_Hong Kong Cemetery_Ligustrum sinense

20210405_Wai Yip Street, Kowloon Bay_Senna siamea, Dypsis lutescens, Ligustrum sinense, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Phoenix roebelenii, Garcinia subelliptica, Alpinia zerumbet 'Variegata', Duranta erecta (yellow variegated variety)

20200311_HKU_Ligustrum sinense

20200223_Mui Wo to the Trappist Monastery on the way to Discovery Bay_Casuarina equisetifolia, Litsea glutinosa, Ligustrum sinense

Ligustrum sinense

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