Evergreen Shrub

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  1. Giulio Veronese

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    Hi
    This is an evergreen shrub, about 4 feet tall and large. Slender appearance.
    Pictures have taken this morning. No flowers now, but dark fruits.
    It is grown in a walled garden, west-facing wall. Glouucestershire.
    Any idea what it is?
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    It looks suspiciously like a small olive tree of some kind perhaps, but with very few branches.. It will need to be sheltered from winds & frosts in Gloucestershire Probably accounts for small number of branches..
     
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    The leaf and stem looks very much to me like Jasminum officinale
     
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    I think it looks like a Ligustrum variety - maybe obtusifolium.
     
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    The pic shows a shrub with compound pinnate leaves and would fit very well with Jasminum officinale.
    (Ash trees and Elderberry have a similar arrangement of leaves.)

    https://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/trees/palmate_pinnate01_web400.jpg

    https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=j...dia.org%2Fwiki%2FJasminum_officinale;750;1048

    While Ligustrum has simple leaves that are opposite each other on a twig so can be ruled out.

    https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=l...SJ7Aa_9oGwDg&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1536&bih=735

    https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=l...arolinanature.com%2Ftrees%2Fliob.html;500;375
     
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