6434.000 Olea L.

Description of the genus

Trees and shrubs. Leaves opposite and decussate, simple, coriaceous. Domatia 0. Flowers small, in paniculate cymes. Calyx (in ours) cup-shaped, subentire with a 4-toothed rim. Corolla with short tube, lobes not hooded. Fruit a usually 1-seeded drupe.

Worldwide: 30 species occurring in the tropics and warm temperate zones of the Old World

Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata

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SpeciesLinks to mapsFZ divisionsContent
capensis L. subsp. macrocarpa (C.H. Wright) I. Verd.C,E
chimanimani Kupicha[NrEnd]EDescription, Image
europaea L. subsp. cuspidata (Wall ex G. Don) Cif.N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Olea:

Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Olea page
Flora of Mozambique: Olea
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Olea
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Olea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Olea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Olea
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Olea

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Olea.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1082, retrieved 23 May 2013

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