Ligustrum vulgare is toxic to cats, dogs and horses. The reported severity is moderate. Also known as Common Privet.
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Ireland has no animal poison service for owners. Call your veterinarian. An Irish veterinarian can consult the Veterinary Poisons Information Service in the United Kingdom.
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Ligustrum vulgare is a species of Ligustrum native to central and southern Europe, north Africa and southwestern Asia, from Ireland and southwestern Sweden south to Morocco, and east to Poland and northwestern Iran.
Also recorded as European Privet, Privet, Privet-hedge and Wild Privet.
Countries with the most wild observations, from GBIF data.