''Ligustrum pricei'' is a species of '' Ligustrum'', native to

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

( Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan) and Taiwan, where it occurs at 900–1700 m altitude.World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, synonyms, ''Ligustrum pricei''
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''Ligustrum pricei''
/ref> ''Ligustrum pricei'' is an evergreen

shrub A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...

or small tree growing to 1–8 m tall. The

leaves A leaf (plural, : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant plant stem, stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", wh ...

are 1.5–6 cm long and 1.5–6 cm broad, with an acute apex and an entire margin. The flowers are white, 6–8 mm diameter, produced in

panicle A panicle is a much-branched inflorescence. (softcover ). Some authors distinguish it from a compound spike inflorescence, by requiring that the flowers (and fruit) be pedicellate (having a single stem per flower). The branches of a panicle are of ...

s 2–7 cm long.Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan .

Medicinal uses

A potential analgesic and anti-inflammatory Triterpenoid contents and anti-inflammatory properties of the methanol extracts of ligustrum species leaves. Molecules. 2010;16(1):1-15 Authors: Wu CR, Hseu YC, Lien JC, Lin LW, Lin YT, Ching H plant.

Etymology

''Ligustrum'' means ‘binder’. It was named by Pliny and Virgil.Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. (hardback), (paperback). p 237

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5499971 pricei Flora of Taiwan Flora of Guizhou Flora of Hubei Flora of Hunan Flora of Shaanxi Flora of Sichuan Flora of China Plants described in 1915 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot