| Family | Oleaceae |
| Tribe | Oleeae |
| Scientific name | Ligustrum obtusifolium Siebold & Zuccarini |
| Synonyms | Ligustrum ibota Siebold var. regelianum Rehder; Ligustrum obtusifolium Siebold & Zuccarini var. leiocalyx (Nakai) H. Hara; Ligustrum obtusifolium Siebold & Zuccarini var. regelianum Rehder; Ligustrum obtusifolium Siebold & Zuccarini var. velutinum (Blume) H. Hara |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) ibota-no-ki (イボタノキ, 水蝋木 [meaning: ibota wax tree (ibota = Ericerus pela)]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Korea | |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=46 |
| Description | Plants 2-3m tall. Leaves 2-7cm long. Flowers white corollas 7-10mm, flowering in May to June. Deciduous. Shrub. |
| Reference | Ligustrum obtusifolium Siebold & Zuccarini |
| Ligustrum obtusifolium Siebold & Zucc. | |
| Method for promoting plant growth using 5-aminolevulinic acid or a salt thereof (US Patent 5298482/1994) | |
| Methods for inhibiting angiogenesis (US Patent 6632798/2003) | |
| Compositions for potentiating glutatthione (US Patent 20060257351) |
| May 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
| May 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
May 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
| November 2007 at Ushiku Forest Park |
November 2007 at Ushiku Forest Park |
| January 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |