Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Ligustrum lucidum Thunb.
Family : OLEACEAE
Genus : Ligustrum
Catalan common name : Troana.
Spanish common name : Aligustre de China.
General distribution : Chinese-Japanese
Flowering time : June. July.
Life-forms : Macrophanerophyte.
Habitat : Gardens.
Location on-campus UIB : Relativament freqüent al Jardí de Son Lledó, front a Cas Jai, puntual a la part posterior de l'edifici Ramón Llull, etc.
Description : A small evergreen bush, ranging from 10 to 15 meters in height. Shiny buds, leaves entire, and narrowly ovate, some 2.5 to 3.5 cm in width and 7.5 to 15 cm in length. Obverse side is a pale green, while the reverse is even more pallid. Petioles are 6-2 cm in length. White flowers are located along the terminal panicles and are 15-20 cm in length. Fruits are bacciform and oblong, 8-12 mm in diameter and bluish black in colour.
