Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ligustrum vulgare L. [Oleaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alfena	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
alfenheiro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
alheña	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
birjučina	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
common privet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
european privet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gewone liguster	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
liguster	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ligustro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
olivella	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
privet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
privet-hedge	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
raisin de chien	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
troène vulgaire	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
wild privet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 54 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ligustrum album Gueldenst. Reis. Russland: 133, 135, 187 (1787).
Ligustrum angustifolium Gilib. Exerc. Phyt. 1: 2 (1792), opus utique oppr.
Ligustrum decipiens Gand. Fl. Lyon.: 153 (1875).
Ligustrum insulare Decne. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 2: 24 (1879).
Ligustrum insulense Decne. Ann. Gén. Hort. 22: 10 (1877).
Ligustrum italicum Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 2 (1768).
Ligustrum lodense Glogau Gartenwelt 32: 658 (1928).
Ligustrum oviforme Gand. Fl. Lyon.: 153 (1875).
Ligustrum sempervirens (Gray) Lindl. in T.Curtis, London Encycl. 12: 745 (1829).
Ligustrum vicinum Gand. Fl. Lyon.: 153 (1875).
Ligustrum vulgare var. argenteovariegatum Weston Bot. Univ. 1: 152 (1770).
Ligustrum vulgare f. argenteovariegatum (Weston) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 570 (1949).
Ligustrum vulgare var. atrovirens Hoefker Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 20: 224 (1911).
Ligustrum vulgare var. aureovariegatum Weston Bot. Univ. 1: 152 (1770).
Ligustrum vulgare f. aureovariegatum (Weston) Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 419 (1903).
Ligustrum vulgare f. aureum (H.Jaeger) Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 122 (1889).
Ligustrum vulgare var. aureum H.Jaeger in H.Jaeger & L.Beissner, Ziergehölze Gärt. Parkanl., ed. 2: 200 (1884).
Ligustrum vulgare f. auriflorum (Hoefker) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 570 (1949).
Ligustrum vulgare var. auriflorum Hoefker Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 20: 224 (1911 publ. 1912).
Ligustrum vulgare var. buxifolium G.Nicholson Ill. Dict. Gard. 2: 264 (1885).
Ligustrum vulgare f. buxifolium (G.Nicholson) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 570 (1949).
Ligustrum vulgare f. chlorocarpum (Loudon) Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 419 (1903).
Ligustrum vulgare var. chlorocarpum Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 2: 1199 (1838).
Ligustrum vulgare var. coombei P.D.Sell Fl. Great Britain Ireland 3: 520 (2009).
Ligustrum vulgare var. densiflorum C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 803 (1911).
Ligustrum vulgare f. densiflorum (C.K.Schneid.) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 570 (1949).
Ligustrum vulgare f. flaviflorum Murr ex Hegi Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5: 1948 (1927).
Ligustrum vulgare f. glaucum (Mouill.) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 570 (1949).
Ligustrum vulgare var. glaucum Mouill. Traité Arbr. Arbriss. 2: 976 (1896).
Ligustrum vulgare var. insulense (Decne.) Hoefker Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 20: 224 (1911 publ. 1912).
Ligustrum vulgare subsp. italicum (Mill.) Fukarek Posebna Izd. Zemaljsk. Muz. Bosne Hercegovine 4: 10 (1983).
Ligustrum vulgare var. italicum (Mill.) Vahl Enum. Pl. Obs. 1: 35 (1804).
Ligustrum vulgare var. lactiflorum Hoefker Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 24: 57 (1915 publ. 1916).
Ligustrum vulgare var. laurifolium Hoefker Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 20: 224 (1911 publ. 1912).
Ligustrum vulgare var. leucocarpum Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 2: 1199 (1838).
Ligustrum vulgare f. leucocarpum (Loudon) Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 419 (1903).
Ligustrum vulgare f. lodense (Glogau) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 28: 255 (1947).
Ligustrum vulgare var. macrophyllum Murr Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 19: 15 (1913).
Ligustrum vulgare f. microphyllum Murr ex Hegi Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5: 1948 (1927).
Ligustrum vulgare nanum Kohankie Nursery Cat. (Henry Kohankie & Sons) 1845-1946: 76 (1945), not validly publ.
Ligustrum vulgare f. nanum Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 28: 255 (1947).
Ligustrum vulgare var. pendulum (Carrière) Hoefker Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 20: 224 (1911 publ. 1912).
Ligustrum vulgare pendulum Carrière Fl. Serres 11: 166 (1856).
Ligustrum vulgare f. pendulum (Carrière) Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 122 (1889).
Ligustrum vulgare f. pyramidale (Späth) Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 122 (1889).
Ligustrum vulgare var. pyramidale Späth Nursery Cat. (Späth) 57: 58 (1883).
Ligustrum vulgare f. rupicola (Hoefker) Hegi Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5: 1948 (1927).
Ligustrum vulgare var. rupicola Hoefker Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 24: 57 (1915 publ. 1916).
Ligustrum vulgare var. sempervirens Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 392 (1821 publ. 1822).
Ligustrum vulgare f. triphyllum Murr ex Hegi Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5: 1948 (1927).
Ligustrum vulgare var. variegatum Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 392 (1821 publ. 1822).
Ligustrum vulgare var. xanthocarpum G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 45 (1837).
Ligustrum vulgare f. xanthocarpum (G.Don) Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 419 (1903).
Olea humilis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 13 (1796), nom. superfl.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ligustrum vulgare	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Ligustrum vulgare L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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