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6434.000 Olea
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 Zimbabwe: 3 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| capensis L. subsp. macrocarpa (C.H. Wright) I. Verd. | C,E | |
| chimanimani Kupicha[NrEnd] | E | Description, Image |
| europaea L. subsp. cuspidata (Wall ex G. Don) Cif. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Olea:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: OleaFlora of Caprivi: cultivated Olea
Flora of Malawi: Olea
Flora of Mozambique: Olea
Flora of Zambia: Olea
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Olea
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): OleaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Olea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Olea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Olea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Olea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Olea
JSTOR Plant Science: Olea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Olea
Plants of the World Online: Olea
Tropicos: Olea
Wikipedia: Olea
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