Ligustrum lucidum is an evergreen tree with a height of about 9 ~12m. Bark bluish gray, smooth and not cracked; The tree branches are spread out, smooth and with obvious oval lenticels; The single leaf is opposite, leathery and brittle; Petiole length1~ 2 cm; Leaf blade ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 6 ~14cm long and 4 ~ 6cm wide, with acute or acuminate apex, wide wedge-shaped or nearly round base, entire, dark green above, shiny below, densely covered with tiny transparent glandular spots. Panicle terminal, long10 ~13.5 cm; Flowers dense, almost sessile; Calyx and corolla bell-shaped, all 4-lobed, corolla white; Stamens1; Ovary superior, spherical, 2-loculed. Berry drupe, 0.8 ~1cm long, slightly curved, white powder, blue-black when mature. The flowering period is from June to August and the fruiting period is from August to1February. The 1000-seed weight is about150g.

glossy privet