Olea caudatilimba L.C.Chia

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Oleaceae > Olea

Characteristics

Trees 3-8 m. Branchlets slightly compressed, puberulent. Petiole 8-10 mm, pubescent; leaf blade lanceolate or oblong-elliptic, 5.5-9 × 2-3.5 cm, leathery, glabrous, base cuneate or broadly cuneate, margin entire, apex acuminate to caudate-acuminate and obtuse; primary veins 10-15 on each side of midrib, slender, nearly at right angles to midrib, slightly raised. Panicles axillary or terminal, 2.5-3 cm, few flowered, pubescent. Flowers bisexual. Pedicel 0-3 mm. Calyx 1.5-2 mm. Corolla yellowish, ca. 3 mm; lobes long elliptic, ca. 2 mm, obtuse. Drupe long ellipsoid, 7-12 × 3.5-6.5 mm, sparsely lenticellate. Fl. Apr, fr. May-Jun.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 3.0 - 8.0
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 120
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
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Distribution

Olea caudatilimba world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:610649-1
WFO ID wfo-0000817245
COL ID 493J3
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Synonyms

Olea caudatilimba Osmanthus polyneurus Osmanthus menglaensis