Olax dissitiflora Oliv.

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Synonyms:	Olax stuhlmannii Engl.
Common names:	Small-fruited olax (English)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Shrub or small tree with a rounded crown. Leaves narrowly ovate, bright green, hairless, often somewhat drooping. Flowers axillary, solitary or in very lax few-flowered racemes, white, sweetly scented. Fruit crowned with the persistent style and almost enveloped by the enlarged calyx, red when ripe.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	dissitiflora: well-spaced flowers
Habitat:	In woodland and riverine vegetation.
Altitude range:
Flowering time:	October
Worldwide distribution:	Tanzania southwards to S Africa
Mozambique distribution:	N,Z,T,MS,GI,M
Growth form:	ST
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects (whose larvae eat this species):	Hypolycaena caeculus caeculus (Azure hairstreak)
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Literature:

African Plant Database: Olax dissitiflora
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Olax dissitiflora
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Olax dissitiflora
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Olax dissitiflora
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Olax dissitiflora
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Olax dissitiflora
JSTOR Plant Science: Olax dissitiflora
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Olax dissitiflora
Tropicos: Olax dissitiflora
West African Plants database: Olax dissitiflora