Olea dioica Roxb.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Oleaceae > Olea

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 15 m tall. The bark is brown and rough. The young branches are angular. The leaves are simple and opposite. The bases overlap. The leaf blade is 8-18 cm long by 2-8 cm wide. They are narrowly oval and there are teeth along the edge. The flowers are in groups in the axils of leaves. They are creamy white. The fruit is fleshy and oval. They are blue when ripe. There is one seed.
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 15.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. In grows in evergreen and moist deciduous forest. It grows up to 1,200 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Antipyretics (bark), Postnatal care (leaf), Antiprotozoal agents (whole plant)
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Cultivation

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

Olea dioica unspecified picture

Distribution

Olea dioica world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:610669-1
WFO ID wfo-0000817253
COL ID 493JP
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Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Olea dioica Olea laevis Tetrapilus dioicus Picricarya oppositifolia