| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Oleaceae |
| Synonym | Lingustrum decaisnei Clarke |
| Synonym_2 | Lingustrum gamblei Ramam |
| Local Name | Pinkan |
| Habit | Small sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Large shrubs or smaller trees; branchlets :with circular lenticels. Leaves :7-10 x 2-5 cm, acute to acuminate, glabrous; nerves 6-8 pairs, regular faint towards the margins; petiole :1 cm long. Panicle effuse, pubescent. Flowers :many, closely packed; pedicel 1-2 mm long; calyx 2 mm long, lobes obovate; corolla white, 3-5 mm across, lobes ovate, obtuse, white; ovary conical, style short. Fruit:drupe 6-7 mm long, obovoid, obtuse. |