Olea rosea Craib

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Oleaceae > Olea

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees 2-15 m, polygamodioecious. Branchlets terete, densely pubescent. Petiole 0.5-1.5 cm, densely villous or glabrescent; leaf blade lanceolate to narrowly ovate-elliptic, 7-17.5 × 2-6.5 cm, leathery, villous abaxially especially on midrib and primary veins, or subglabrous but midrib puberulent adaxially, base cuneate, margin entire or sometimes irregularly sparsely serrate, apex acuminate to caudate-acuminate; primary veins 6-10 on each side of midrib, impressed adaxially, distinctly raised abaxially. Panicles terminal or axillary, densely villous, staminate ones 2.5-14 × 2.5-7 cm, bisexual ones 1.2-3(-10) cm. Staminate flowers: pedicel 0.5-2 mm, villous; calyx lobes 0.5-1 mm, villous; corolla yellow-white, drying rose, 1.5-2.5 mm, lobes suborbicular, 0.5-1 mm. Bisexual flowers: pedicel 0-2 mm; calyx as in staminate flowers; corolla 3-4 mm, lobes orbicular, 0.5-1 mm. Drupe ripening red-purple, long ellipsoid, 1.2-1.7 cm × 5-6 mm, drying obscurely ribbed. Fl. Feb-Sep, fr. Jul-Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 6.0 - 12.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) 0.4
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
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Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Olea rosea world distribution map, present in China and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60456394-2
WFO ID wfo-0000817122
COL ID 493MY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Linociera menghaiensis Olea densiflora Olea oblanceolata Olea rosea Tetrapilus oblanceolatus Tetrapilus roseus Tetrapilus densiflorus