Ligustrum lucidum

L. lucidum is an evergreen shrub or small tree 2-10 m tall (in some cases up to 25 m). The leaves are glaborous (i.e. hairless) and vary from ovate (egg-shaped) to elliptic in shape. Leaves are 6-17 long and 3-8 cm wide, leathery or papery with the base rounded or sometimes attenuate and the apex acute to acuminate or sometimes obtuse. Leaves have between 4 to 11 primary veins on each side of the mid-vein, slightly raised or obscure. Flowers are sessile or nearly so with four white or cream petals (calyx 1.5-2 mm, corolla 4-5 mm) that are fused at the base into a very short tube. Flowers have a sickly sweet fragrance. Flowers have two stamens approaching the apex of corolla lobes with anthers of 1-1.5 mm long and hold pyramidal panicles 8-20 cm long and 8-25 cm wide. Fruits are deep blue-black, ripening becomes red-black (7-10 ? 4-6 mm) (Nesom, 2009;Flora of China Editorial Committee, 2015).