Ligustrum robustum

TaxID: 1028359

Basic Information

Ligustrum robustum

Kudingcha, Privet

Ligustrum robustum grows as a shrub or small tree up to 10 m (30 ft) tall though old specimens of more than a hundred years have been observed with a height of 15 m (50 ft). The fruit of the shrub is an ellipsoid berry, bluish-purple when fully ripe, 7 C10 mm (0.28 C0.39 in) 4 C5 mm (0.16 C0.20 in). The shrub is native to South and Southeast Asia (Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam) but has become naturalized in other countries. It was introduced to Mauritius at the end of the 19th century and to La R union, where it has become a major invasive species. The Flora of China lists a "Ligustrum robustum subsp. chinense P. S. Green" as native to China, but more recent publications have regarded that name as a synonym of L. expansum. Ligustrum robustum was nominated among 100 of the "World's Worst" invasive species. A moth (Epiplema albida), and two coleoptera (Dermorhytis ornatissima and Dermorhytis lewisi) are being tested for biological control programs in La R union but have not yet been released. Other lepidoptera that feed on this plant are Brahmaea wallichii, Pangrapta grisangula and Dolbina inexacta.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Lamiales

Oleaceae

Ligustrum

robustum

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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Ligustrum robustum
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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
French Polynesia Absent —

Distribution (10 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
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Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Cambodia Present —
China Present —
Spain Present —
France Present —
India Present —
Sri Lanka Present —
Myanmar Present —
Mauritius Present —
Thailand Present —
Viet Nam Present —

Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

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