Ligustrum japonicum ( Recurvifolium Privet )
This is an upright , dumb , bushy , deciduous , sometimes semi - evergreen shrub most often used for shrub molding and hedging . The small , ellipse to lance - shaped leaves have undulate edge , twisted lead , and are dark black - putting surface . Creamy white , fragrant flush are held in pyramidal panicle , 5 to 8 inches long , comply by small , rotund , boring black fruit ....