Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
MAGNOLIOPHYTA
Class
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
Family
OLEACEAE
Genus
Ligustrum
Species
sinense
Has fauna
False
Mapping

Common Name
Small-leaved Privet
Alternate name
Chinese Privet
Is historical
False
QLD
Naturalised
NSW
EPBC
APC
ROTAP
Comment
LGA significant
False
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
False
Museum listing
False
Introduced
True
Qld Census
True
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Historical abundance
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Known location
Hotham Ck
Other locality
Riparian dependent
False
Wetland dependent
False
Forest dependent
False
Hollow dependent
False
Terrestrial
True
Estuarine
False
Marine
False
General ecology
Specific ecology
Habitat
Rainforest
Habitat comment
Threats
Management
Community type
Migratory
False
Migration notes
Feeding status
Feeding strategy
Feeding substrate
Diet
Reproduction
Spread mainly by birds, animals and seed fall.
Breeding season
Active period
Active season
Social group
Behaviour
Range
Biology
Growth form
Shrub
Description
Shrub up to 4m or more if supported. Leaves in pairs, variable in size and shape to 7cm long, short hairs on veins and stalks of young leaves. Flowers small, white with 4 petals heavily scented, in masses. Fruit oval berry to 0.6cm across in dense clusters, green maturing to purple-black, in winter.
Taxonomy Comments
Species comments
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