| Scientific Name: | Ligustrum obtusifolium ( syn. L. amurense ) |
| Common Name: | Amur privet, border privet |
| Family Name: | Oleaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Semi-evergreen, Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 3 - 5m x 4 - 5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Twiggy, Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract birds, Attract butterflies, Hedge row, Sheared hedge, Specimen plant, Winter interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Elliptic, Entire |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Black, Sep-Oct, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, dull green,elliptical; flowers small, white, unpleasantly scented, formed in summer in cymose panicles (thryse), berries small, oval, dark purple to black (poisonous). | |