SK864 17 NOV-2017:ID

[Saroj Kasaju]

Location: Nagarkot, Nepal

Altitude:6600 ft.

Date: 12 November 2017 

Ligustrum sp.  ???

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[J.M. Garg]

Nice images. 

[Saroj Kasaju]

Thank you Mr. Garg !

Following are recorded in Nepal .

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=118549

L. congusum Decne

L. hookeri Decne.

L. nepalense Wall.

But I am not able match .

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id assistance please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

Following are recorded in Nepal . http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=118549 L. congusum Decne L. hookeri Decne. L. nepalense Wall. But I am not able match . Thank you. Saroj Kasaju

Ligustrum‎ species so far in efi

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[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id assistance please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

Following are recorded in Nepal . http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=118549 L. congusum Decne L. hookeri Decne. L. nepalense Wall. But I am not able match . Thank you. Saroj Kasaju

Ligustrum‎ species so far in efi

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[J.M. Garg]

Was it in a habited area ?

If so, pl. consider Ligustrum lucidum W.T.Aiton

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[Saroj Kasaju]

It was in wild .

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[J.M. Garg]

I feel close to images at your other posts on the suggested species. 

[Saroj Kasaju]

Thank you Mr. Garg !

Saroj Kasaju

[Saroj Kasaju]

Waiting for ID validation !

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[J.M. Garg]

I think it is Ligustrum confusum Decne. as per keys in Flora of Bhutan as below:

1. Inflorescence branches densely pubescent; leaves elliptic to ovate, usually less than 7cm long  . . . . .. 1. L. confusum
+ Inflorescence branches glabrous; leaves ovate to lanceolate, usually more than 7cm long . . . . . . . . . .. 2. L. compactum

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[Saroj Kasaju]

Thank you Mr. Garg. I guess it is matching !

Saroj Kasaju

[Saroj Kasaju]

Could it be Ligustrum nepalense Wall. ? As it does not seem matching with L. confusum.

Ligustrum confusum Decne.

Ligustrum nepalense Wall.

Ligustrum nepalense Wall.

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[Saroj Kasaju]

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

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Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[J.M. Garg]

Let us see what the details discussions say as per Flora of China:

First the keys:

27 (25)	Leaf blade glabrous or occasionally pubescent only along midrib adaxially, ovate to elliptic; pedicel 0-1 mm		16 Ligustrum confusum
+	Leaf blade ± hairy, if glabrous, then blade lanceolate and inflorescences axillary or terminal; pedicel 1-5 mm		17 Ligustrum sinense

Ligustrum confusum Decaisne:

Shrubs or small trees to 8 m. Branchlets terete, puberulent when young, glabrescent. Petiole 4-5(-10) mm, glabrous or puberulent; leaf blade ovate to elliptic, sometimes lanceolate, 2.5-7(-10) × 1.3-3(-5) cm, thin leathery, glabrous or sometimes pubescent near base of midrib adaxially, base cuneate to broadly cuneate or rounded, apex acuminate or acute; primary veins 4-6 on each side of midrib. Panicles terminal, 4-11 × 2-8 cm; rachis puberulent to pubescent. Flowers subsessile. Calyx 1-1.5 mm, glabrous. Corolla 4-5 mm; tube ca. as long as lobes. Stamens not exceeding corolla lobes; anthers 1-1.5 mm. Fruit black or black-brown, subglobose to obovoid, 6-11 mm in diam.

Thickets near gullies; 800-2100 m. Xizang, Yunnan [Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim, Vietnam]

Flora of China illustration

Ligustrum sinense Loureiro (syn: Ligustrum indicum (Lour.) Merr. as per Checklist of Nepal & as per Catalogue of Life) :

Shrubs or small trees 2-4(-7) m, deciduous. Branchlets terete, villous, pubescent, pilose, puberulent, to glabrescent. Petiole 2-8 mm; leaf blade ovate, oblong, elliptic to lanceolate, or suborbicular, 2-7(-13) × 1-3(-5.5) cm, densely villous to sparsely pubescent or glabrous, papery to somewhat leathery, base cuneate to subrounded, apex acute to acuminate, sometimes obtuse and retuse; primary veins 4-6(or 7) on each side of midrib, impressed or plane adaxially, somewhat raised abaxially. Panicles terminal or axillary, 4-11 × 3-8 cm, with or without leaf at base. Pedicel 1-5 mm. Calyx 1-1.5 mm, glabrous or pubescent. Corolla 3.5-5.5 mm; tube slightly shorter than lobes. Stamens reaching apex of corolla lobes or exceeding that; anthers ca. 1 mm. Fruit subglobose, 5-8 mm in diam.

7 (6)

Leaf blade ovate to oblong or suborbicular, sparsely pubescent or glabrescent abaxially

17a var. sinense

Mixed forests, valleys, along streams, thickets, woods, ravines; 200-2700 m. Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Vietnam]

Flora of China illustration

From the above, both appears to be quite close.

In your plant, leaf blades are glabrous, flowers subsessile (i.e. pedicles appears to be small (say 0-1 mm)), rachis puberulent to pubescent, panicles terminal- So I will go for Ligustrum confusum

In addition, in your post on the same species at SK2073 25 July 2019, Corolla tube ca. as long as lobes. Stamens not exceeding corolla lobes; 

Neither Flora of Bhutan does not mention Ligustrum nepalense Wall. nor does Flora of Mizoram as per MS March, 2020/15 Ligustrum compactum ? for ID/confirmation. I am also not finding its description even in POWO. But here also inflorescence is clearly axillary and terminal, which does not appears to be in your case.

If you find its description, pl. post here.

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[Saroj Kasaju]

India Biodiversity Portal but no keys and description.

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

[J.M. Garg]

I think it may be Ligustrum nepalense Wall. as per publication at Ligustrum indicum
Pl. confirm or otherwise.  

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