Ligustrum tschonoskii var. tschonoskii("Miyamaibota")
Japanese name: ミヤマイボタ（深山水蝋） Scientific name:Ligustrum tschonoskii var. tschonoskii
[Overview]
A deciduous shrub 1–3 m tall, found in the mountains.
It branches well, and the young branches have short hairs.
Leaves are simple and opposite, ovate-oblong to rhombic-ovate, 2–5 cm long and 1–2 cm wide, thin, and not glossy on the upper surface.
The underside of the leaf is usually densely hairy, though the amount of hair varies.
The leaf margins are entire.
Racemes to panicles are produced at the branch tips.
The flowers are white and 0.6–0.7 cm long; the corolla is 4-lobed.
The fruit is globose, 0.7–0.8 cm in diameter, ripening blackish purple.
[Uses]
It is often infested by a scale insect called ibota scale insect, and the wax secreted by this insect (ibota wax) is used as wax and for medicine.
