Border privet
Ligustrum obtusifolium Sieb. et Zucc. [Oleaceae]
Ibota (イボタノキ, 水蝋樹/疣取木)
Lifeform: semi-evergreen or deciduous shrub
Distribution: Korea - Japan
Habitat: moistened forset
Seed dispersal: animal
Ligustrum L. in Japan
L. obtusifolium Sieb. et Zucc. (イボタノキ)
L. japonicum Thunb. (ネズミモチ)
var. rotundifolium Bl. (フクロモチ)
var. spathulatum Mansfeld (イワキ)
f. pubescens (Koidz.) Murata (ケネズミモチ)
L. ibota Sieb. ex Sieb. et Zucc. (サイゴクイボタ)
L. liukiuense Koidz. (オキナワイボタ)
L. lucidum Ait. (トウネズミモチ)
L. micranthum Zucc. (ムニンネズミモチ)
L. salicinum Nakai (ハナイボタ)
L. tschonoskii Decne. (ミヤマイボタ)
var. kiyozumianum (Nakai) Ohwi (キヨズミイボタ)
var. macrocarpum (Koehne) Rehd. (オオミイボタ)
f. glabrecens (Koidz.) Murata (エゾイボタ)
L. ovalifolium Hassk. (オオバイボタ)
var. pacifirum (Nakai) Mizushima (ハチジョウイボタ)
f. heterophyllum (Bl.) Murata (ケオオバイボタ)
f. leiocaiyx (Nakai) Murata (セッツイボタ)
f. velutinum (Bl.) Murata (ビロードイボタ)
L. tamakii Hatus. (トゲイボタ)
L. vulgare L. (ヨウシュイボタ)
Ligustrum obtusifolium in Japan
[Left] an artificial bush. [Center] leaves produced in the last and current years. [Right] fruits. In the campus of Hokkaido University on May 6 2011.