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Olea paniculata R.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Oleaceae > Olea

Characteristics

Trees 6-20 m. Branchlets compressed, glabrous. Petiole 1.5-3 cm, glabrous; leaf blade ovate-elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, 8.5-18 × 3.5-6.5 cm, papery, minutely lepidote, with domatia in axils of primary veins and midrib abaxially, base cuneate, margin entire, apex acuminate to long acuminate; primary veins 8-11 on each side of midrib, slightly raised. Panicles terminal or axillary, 8-10 cm. Flowers bisexual. Pedicel 0-3 mm. Calyx ca. 1 mm. Corolla white; tube ca. 1 mm; lobes elliptic, 1.5-2 mm, obtuse. Drupe ripening yellow-brown, long ovoid, somewhat oblique, 1.2-1.5 cm × 6-7 mm. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Jul-Nov.
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A tree. It grows 6-25 m tall and spreads 5-12 m wide. Young growth is shiny. The branches are compressed. The leaf stalk is 1.5-3 cm long. The leaf blade is oval and 8.5-18 cm long by 3.5-6.5 cm wide. They are dark green and shiny above and paler underneath. They are papery. The leaves taper to the tip. The flowers are 0.3-0.4 cm across. They are greenish-white. The flowers are bisexual. The fruit ripens yellow-brown. It is 0.8-1.2 cm long by 0.6-0.8 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 5.0 - 12.0
Mature height (meter) 6.0 - 20.0
Root system -
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Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows along streams and in dry rainforests. It needs well drained soil. It can tolerate light frost. In China it grows in moist valleys between 1200-2400 m altitude in S China. It suits hardiness zones 9-12.
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Moist ravines, open valleys; at elevations from 1,200-2,400 metres in China.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 3-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses gene source material medicinal wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from fresh seed. It can also be grown from cuttings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 120
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Olea paniculata leaf picture by Julien Barrault (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Olea paniculata world distribution map, present in China, Indonesia, Moldova (Republic of), Myanmar, Norfolk Island, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vanuatu

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:610763-1
WFO ID wfo-0000817137
COL ID 6SJ6W
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 671257
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Synonyms

Linociera yunnanensis Ligustrum neoebudicum Olea paniculata Olea thozettii Olea bournei Linociera lauterbachii Olea glandulosa Olea glandulifera Olea glandulifera
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