Tree ID

The following question was received via email:

 

Ok, difficult to tell much from the bark photo, with the foliage and flower shot reminds me of Prunus laurocerasus or English Laurel. I'm not sure I've ever seen it this large before, do we have a geographic location? Tennyo

 

Probably some sort of Photinia, maybe P. arbutifolia (Heteromeles a.).

 

And a follow-up email (I suppose I'm the middleman):

 

Ligustrum of some description? close up of the flower might help.

 

Leaves look to be opposite, but hard to be certain. If they are opposite, check out Ligustrum lucidum (Chinese Privet).

 

I do see some resemblance to privet. The problem is all the views are from too far away, plus the plant is not strongly representative of its type--whatever its type is.