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Privet is considered a huge problem in New Zealand and the east coast of Australia (Ligustrum lucidum, Ligustrum sinense and Ligustrum vulgare [6]). It is banned from sale or cultivation in New Zealand because its pollen is known to cause asthma and eczema in sufferers. Privet can be removed by contacting local government agencies to report its ...
Ligustrum lucidum, the broad-leaf privet, [2] Chinese privet, [3] glossy privet, [4] tree privet [5] or wax-leaf privet, is a species of flowering plant in the olive family Oleaceae, native to the southern half of China and naturalized in many places. [6] The name "Chinese privet" is also used for Ligustrum sinense.
Wild privet, also sometimes known as common privet or European privet (Ligustrum vulgare)A privet is a flowering plant in the genus Ligustrum.The genus contains about 50 species of erect, deciduous or evergreen shrubs, sometimes forming small or medium-sized trees, [1] native to Europe, north Africa, Asia, many introduced and naturalised in Australasia, where only one species, Ligustrum ...
Geniostoma ligustrifolium, [1] [2] [3] commonly known as hangehange, is a species of plant in the Loganiaceae family (syn., Geniostoma rupestre var. ligustrifolium). [4] It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is found on the North Island, and in Marlborough at the northern tip of the South Island. [3] Other common names are pāpā and privet ...
Ligustrum sinense (Chinese privet; [1] syn. L. villosum; in Mandarin: 杻; pinyin: chǒu) is a species of privet native to China, Taiwan and Vietnam, [2] and naturalized in Réunion, the Andaman Islands, Norfolk Island, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama and much of the eastern and southern United States (from Texas and Florida north to Kansas, Illinois, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Connecticut).
A number of introduced species, some of which have become invasive species, have been added to New Zealand's native flora and fauna. Both deliberate and accidental introductions have been made from the time of the first human settlement, with several waves of Polynesian [ 1 ] people at some time before the year 1300, [ 2 ] followed by Europeans ...
Ligustrum vulgare (wild privet, also sometimes known as common privet or European privet) is a species of Ligustrum native to central and southern Europe, north Africa and southwestern Asia, from Ireland and southwestern Sweden south to Morocco, and east to Poland and northwestern Iran.
Ligustrum ovalifolium is the most common hedging plant species in cultivation in the United Kingdom. [7] [8] Several cultivars are used in gardens and for hedging, including Ligustrum ovalifolium 'Aureum', the golden privet, with oval, rich yellow leaves with green centers. [9] In the UK it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of ...