Common names:

• broadleaf privet  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• Chinese privet  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• Chinese wax-leaf privet  (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001) - English
• giant privet  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• glossy privet  (Source: Dict Rehm) - English
• large-leaf privet  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• ligustrum  (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2) - English
• tree privet  (Source: BSBI) - English
• white waxtree  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• Chinese liguster  (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001) - Afrikaans
• troène de Chine  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• tō-nezumimochi  (Source: F Japan) - Japanese Rōmaji
• ligustro  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• trueno  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• nu zhen  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard; Eur Gard F; Invasive Pl Spec)
• Invertebrate food: wax insects (fide F ChinaEng)
• Medicines: folklore (fide Ency CNatIn; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Weed: (fide Invasive Pl Spec; Weeds SAfr 2001)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• CHINA: China [Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Henan, Hunan, Hubei, Gansu, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Xizang]


Cultivated (widely cult.)

Naturalized

Africa

• SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique
• SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia
• NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Northern America

• United States

Southern America

• South America (s.)

References:

1. Botanical Society of the British Isles BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). (BSBI)
2. Henderson, L. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. 2001 (Weeds SAfr 2001)
3. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. (L Aust)
4. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
5. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). (Aust Pl Common Names)
6. Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) of the IUCN Species Survival Commission; National Biological Information Infrastructure, Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research and the University of Auckland Global invasive species database (on-line resource). (Global Invasive Spec)
7. Iwatsuki, K. et al. Flora of Japan. 1993- (F Japan)
8. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
9. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)
10. University of Georgia, Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health Invasive.org: invasive and exotic species of North America (on-line resource). (Invasive Species)
11. Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003 (Invasive Pl Spec)
12. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=22082. Accessed 7 junio 2026.