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

Mozambique: 4 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
capensis L. subsp. macrocarpa (C.H. Wright) I. Verd.	N,Z,MS
chimanimani Kupicha [NrEnd]	MS	Description, Image
europaea L. subsp. africana (Mill.) P.S.Green	MS,GI,M	Description, Image
woodiana Knobl. subsp. disjuncta P.S. Green	N

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Flora of Botswana: Olea
Flora of Burundi: Olea
Flora of Malawi: Olea
Flora of Zambia: Olea
Flora of Zimbabwe: Olea
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Olea

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Olea
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EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Olea
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Olea
JSTOR Plant Science: Olea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Olea
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Tropicos: Olea
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