Chinese Privet (Ligustrum lucidum)

Family: Oleaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Bloom Color: White. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Late summer, Mid summer. Form: Rounded, Vase.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves, Shoots

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Young shoots - cooked. A famine food, used when all else fails. The shoots contain a glycoside and are probably toxic. — Young shoots - cooked.; A famine food, used when all else fails.; The shoots contain a glycoside and are probably toxic.

Habitat & North American Range

Roadsides and in river valleys. Woods below 2900 metres. (Zone 8)