Ligustrum lianum P. S. Hsu

Shrubs or small trees 0.6-7(-15) m, evergreen. Branchlets subterete, puberulent to glabrescent. Petiole 0.5-1.5 cm, puberulent or glabrescent; leaf blade elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, 4-13 × 1.5-5.5 cm, leathery, glabrous except for midrib pilose abaxially, base broadly cuneate or rounded, apex acuminate or long acuminate; primary veins 4-6 on each side of midrib, slightly prominent. Panicles terminal, 4-12 × 2-11 cm; rachis and pedicel glabrous or nearly so. Pedicel 0.5-2 mm. Calyx 1-1.5 mm. Corolla 4-5 mm; tube ca. as long as lobes. Stamens approaching apex of corolla lobes; anthers ca. 2 mm. Fruit black or red-brown, usually ellipsoid, 6-12 × 5-7 mm. Fl. Apr-Jun, fr. Jul-Apr.

Shrubs or small trees 1.5-5 m, evergreen. Branchlets terete, brown and puberulent at first, becoming gray-black and glabrous. Petiole 1-1.5 cm, glabrous; leaf blade lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 6-9 × 1.5-3.5 cm, thick leathery, glabrous, base attenuate, apex acute to caudate-acuminate; primary veins 4 on each side of midrib. Panicles terminal, 5-13 × 7.5-12 cm; rachis puberulent. Pedicel 1-2 mm. Calyx ca. 1 mm, glabrous. Corolla 3-3.5 mm; tube ca. as long as lobes or slightly shorter. Stamens not exceeding corolla lobes; anthers 1.5-1.8 mm. Fruit black, subglobose. Fl. May, fr. Sep-Oct.

Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang

Guizhou, Yunnan

* Woods in ravines; 400-1700 m.

* Woods, thickets in valleys; 1500-2100 m.