''Phillyrea angustifolia'', the narrow-leaved mock privet,
[RHS Plants. Available at: https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/24488/i-Phillyrea-angustifolia-i/Details ccessed 22/02/21/ref> is a species of flowering plant in the olive family ]Oleaceae
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, native to the western and central Mediterranean
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It is an ]evergreen
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shrub with simple, entire, leathery, dark green, oppositely arranged leaves. Scented creamy-white flowers are borne at the leaf axils in spring and summer, and are followed by purplish black berries.Greek
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and means 'leafy',[Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. (hardback), (paperback). pp 49, 300] while the species' epithet ''angustifolia'' means 'narrow-leaved'.
References
Oleeae
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Flora of the Mediterranean Basin
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