Family name:
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Olive family |
Scientific name:
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Ligustrum vulgare L. |
Family name latin:
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Oleaceae |
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| Description: |
Reaching a height up to 4 m, this is a mostly evergreen bush with opposite, entire and elliptic shiny leathery leaves; the remarkably fragrant small white flowers are arranged in upright panicles; bee pasture; entomogamous; flowering season : VI - VIII (late bloomer); fruit: black, poisonous berries;
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| Occurence: |
Widespread in sparse forests, brush, sunny slopes and flood-plain forests up to 1100 m; in the North of Germany up to Hamburg; frequent hedge plant, since it is very quick to sprout;
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| Related species: |
Ligustrum ovalifolium Hassk., California privet; a frequently cultivated hedge bush originating in Japan (VI - VII);
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| Allergy trigger: |
Pollen, 30 - 45 µm;
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| Invasions path: |
Inhalative (June - August); only when there is direct contact to the plant;
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| Synonyms: |
Common privet, ligustrum
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| Allergology: |
Its importance as an allergen is small, since the pollen concentration in the aerial plankton is insignificant. A cross-allergenicity is evident to other olive tree plants such as ash trees, lilac and forsythia.
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| Clinical relevance: |
light
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| Cross reactivities: |
Occurrence possible- Ash, common
- Lilac, common
- Olive
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