Phillyrea angustifolia

Phillyrea angustifolia, the narrow-leaved mock privet, is a species of flowering plant in the olive family Oleaceae, native to the western and central Mediterranean.^[1]

Phillyrea angustifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Oleaceae
Genus:	Phillyrea
Species:	P. angustifolia
Binomial name
Phillyrea angustifolia L.

It is an evergreen shrub with simple, entire, leathery, dark green, oppositely arranged leaves. Scented creamy-white flowers are borne at the leaf axils in spring and summer, and are followed by purplish black berries.

The genus name Phillyrea is derived from Greek and means 'leafy',^{[2][citation needed]} while the species' epithet angustifolia means 'narrow-leaved'.^[2]