Olea capensis subsp. capensis Jacq.

Subspecies

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Characteristics

Shrubs or trees up to 12 m tall (not taller forest trees); leaves crowded on herbarium specimens, very variable, obovate-oblong, oblong, broadly oblong, suborbicular, elliptic, ovate-to lanceolate-oblong, or obovate to oblanceolate-oblong; apex broadly rounded, obtuse, subacute or acute, sometimes acuminate, usually mucronate; petiole 0.3-1.7 cm long, midrib prominent on lower surface; panicles compact and densely many-flowered; fruits variable in size and shape but not over 1 cm long and 6 mm diam.
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Shrub to medium-sized tree, up to 12 m high. Leaves obovate-oblong, crowded towards ends of ultimate branchlets. Inflorescences terminal, compact; peduncles robust. Flowering time Sept.-Apr.
Life form perennial
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 12.0
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 120
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
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Optimum temperature (C°) 14 - 18
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Images

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Distribution

Olea capensis subsp. capensis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77171086-1
WFO ID wfo-0000834629
COL ID 5JZ3K
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Synonyms

Olea laurifolia Olea undulata Olea intermedia Olea buxifolia Olea concolor Olea nigra Enaimon undulata Olea capensis subsp. capensis