OLEACEAE: Olive Family

KEY TO SPECIES OF LIGUSTRUM

 

1. Plants without flowers ........................................................ 2

2. Twigs glabrous except sometimes when very young; leaves glabrous ........... L. ovalifolium

2. Twigs minutely hairy; leaf blade glabrous or hairy ......................... 3

3. Leaf blade glabrous ..................................................... L. quihoui

3. Leaf blade hairy, at least on midvein of underside ...................... 4

4. Most petioles 1-3(4) mm; larger panicles 20-35 mm ... L. obtusifolium

4. Most petioles (2)3-7 mm; larger panicles (28)40-97 mm ..... ....... L. amurense

1. Plants with leaves and flowers ............................................... 5

5. Corolla tube shorter than to slightly longer than lobes .................................. L. quihoui

5. Corolla tube 2-3 X as long as lobes ...................................... 6

6. Twigs and leaves glabrous .............................. L. ovalifolium

6. Twigs and midrib on underside of leaf blade minutely hairy ............ 7

7. Calyx finely hairy ................................. L. obtusifolium

7. Calyx glabrous ......................................... L. amurense

 

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