Dear Muthu, I find the Chinese privet (*Ligustrum lucidum*) as the better candidate, because the leaves of the posted plant are larger (8–17 cm) and very glossy compared to the relatively quite smaller (1.5–5 cm), elliptic-obovate of the Nilgiri privet (*Ligustrum perrottetii*).
Regards. Dinesh On Mon, Feb 9, 2026 at 4:17 PM Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > looks more like *Ligustrum perrottetii *for me > > On Sun, Feb 8, 2026 at 10:48 AM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> *FOR ID ::* >> Dicots >> The Nilgiris :: Jan 28, 2026 · 8:41 AM IST >> along Ooty - Kotagiri Highway, about 2160 m asl >> ------------------------------ >> [image: Dicots] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/337764522> >> [image: Dicots] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/337764522> >> [image: Dicots] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/337764522> >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC0h-mB7ufGFTpG0n%2BeDWbLFGUCkcOpMCjJsP3MGv82bsw%40mail.gmail.com.
