Ligustrum compactum

Ligustrum compactum (Wall. ex G.Don) Hook.f. & Thomson ex Brandis, Forest Fl. N.W. India 310 1874. (syn: Ligustrum chenaultii Hickel; Ligustrum compactum (Wall. ex G. Don) Hook. f. & Thomson ex Decne.; Ligustrum compactum var. compactum ; Ligustrum compactum f. tubiflorum Mansf.; Ligustrum lancifolium Carrière ex Decne.; Ligustrum longifolium Decne.; Ligustrum oblongifolium Decne.; Ligustrum salicifolium Carrière; Ligustrum simonii Carrière ex Decne.; Olea compacta Wall. ex G.Don);

Himalaya to SC. China as per WCSP;

China South-Central; East Himalaya; Nepal; Tibet; West Himalaya as Catalogue of Life;
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MS March, 2020/15 Ligustrum compactum ? for ID/confirmation : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) – 1 mb each.
Location : Hmuifang, Mizoram

Altitude : ca. 1,400 m

Date : 29-01-2016

Habit : Shrub or tree

Habitat : Wild

Ligustrum ?

What are the species reported in your area ?

Ligustrum compactum, L.confusum and L.robustum are recorded in Mizoram.

I think it may come out to be Ligustrum robustum (Roxb.) Blume

On further scrutiny, I will go for Ligustrum confusum Decne.

I further examined it in the light of details in Flora of China:

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 compactum (Wallich ex G. Don) J. D. Hooker & Thomson ex Brandis :

Shrubs or small trees to 12 m, semievergreen. Branchlets terete, pubescent when young, glabrescent or velutinous. Petiole 0.5-2.5 cm, glabrous, puberulent or velutinous; leaf blade elliptic-lanceolate to ovate-elliptic, 5-15 × (2-)3-6(-8) cm, papery, glabrescent, sometimes midrib only puberulent adaxially, or velutinous, base rounded to cuneate, apex acute to long acuminate; primary veins (6-)9-15 on each side of midrib, slightly prominent. Panicles usually terminal, 7-20 × 7-16(-24) cm; rachis angular, particularly in fruit. Flowers subsessile. Calyx 1-1.5 mm. Corolla 3.5-5 mm; tube ca. as long as lobes. Stamens reaching apex of corolla lobes; anthers 1-2.5 mm. Fruit blue-black or black, ellipsoid or subglobose, 7-10 × 4-6 mm, usually slightly curved.

Valleys; 600-3400 m. Hubei, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [India, Nepal]

As apex long acuminate, leaves and panicles comparatively large, rachis angular, fruits blue-black and slightly curved, I feel it may be Ligustrum compactum (Wallich ex G. Don) J. D. Hooker & Thomson ex Brandis

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SK2073 25 July 2019 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (10) – around 650 kb each.

Location: Phulchoki, Lalitpur

Date: 3 July 2019

Elevation: 2657 m.

Habit : Wild

Thank you.

Ligustrum confusum Decne. ??

I think seems to match with description in Flora of China and FOC illustration (except it say small tree upto 8 m).

Also see GBIF POWO

Yes …, it is a tall tree. Nepali Names : कनिके फूल Kanike Phool / बर्दन्ती Bardantee

On further scrutiny and going through descriptions in Flora of China as also discussed in MS March, 2020/15 Ligustrum compactum ? for ID/confirmation, it should be Ligustrum compactum due to large leaves, long acuminate apex and more no. of lateral veins along with flower shape being different from those at SK 2670 16 July 2020

Thank you … I guess the correct ID!

October fruits same tree.
Will it be further helpful to correctly validate the sp. ?
2 images- 6 mb each.

Fruits matching

Enclosing images of right fruits and seeds for further confirmation, from the same tree.
Date : 20 November 2023
4 very high res. images.

Ligustrum indicum (Lour.) Merr. : 10 posts by 3 authors. 7 images- 5 to 7 mb each.

Location: Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal
Date: 20 June 2020
Altitude: 2202 m.
Habitat : Wild
POWO and GBIF giving accepted name asLigustrum sinense var. sinense !

To me appears close to Ligustrum confusum Decne. as per comparative images at Ligustrum‎

Flora of China gives the following 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

Beautiful photographs. For me the ID is correct.

Thank you … It could be correct since I have posted earlier same sp. from little higher elevation from Phulchoki !

On further scrutiny and going through descriptions in Flora of China as also discussed in MS March, 2020/15 Ligustrum compactum ? for ID/confirmation, it should be Ligustrum compactum due to large lanceolate leaves, long acuminate apex and more no. of lateral veins along with flower shape being different from those at SK 2670 16 July 2020

I guess you are …!

Unknown Plant from Manipur: 2 images.
Observed at Shirui Hills, Ukhrul, Manipur
Elevation: 2192m asl
January 2022