Olea

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Olea (/[invalid input: ‘icon’]ˈoʊliːə/)^[2] is a genus of about 40 species in the family Oleaceae, native to warm temperate and tropical regions of southern Europe, Africa, southern Asia and Australasia. They are evergreen trees and shrubs, with small, opposite, entire leaves. The fruit is a drupe. Leaves of Olea contain Tricho sclereids.

For humans, the most important species is by far the Olive (Olea europaea), native to the Mediterranean region. O. paniculata is a larger tree, attaining a height of 15–18 m in the forests of Queensland, and yielding a hard and tough timber. The yet harder wood of the Black Ironwood O. laurifolia, an inhabitant of Natal, is important in South Africa.

Olea species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Double-striped Pug.

Selected species

Olea ambrensis H.Perrier
Olea borneensis Boerl.
Olea brachiata (Lour.) Merr.
Olea capensis L. – Small Ironwood
Olea caudatilimba L.C.Chia
Olea chimanimani Kupicha
Olea chrysophylla Lam.
Olea cordatula H.L.Li
Olea dioica Roxb.
Olea europaea L. – Olive
Olea exasperata Jacq.
Olea gagnepainii Knobl.
Olea gamblei C.B.Clarke
Olea guangxiensis B.M.Miao
Olea hainanensis H.L.Li
Olea javanica (Blume) Knobl.
Olea lancea Lam.
Olea laurifolia Lam. – Black Ironwood
Olea laxiflora H.L.Li
Olea moluccensis Kiew
Olea neriifolia H.L.Li
Olea obovata (Merr.) Kiew
Olea oleaster Hoffmanns. & Link – Wild-olive
Olea palawanensis Kiew
Olea paniculata R.Br.
Olea parvilimba (Merr. & Chun) B.M.Miao
Olea polygama Wight
Olea rosea Craib
Olea rubrovenia (Elmer) Kiew
Olea salicifolia Wall. ex G.Don
Olea schliebenii Knobl.
Olea sylvestris Mill.
Olea tetragonoclada L.C.Chia
Olea tsoongii (Merr.) P.S.Green
Olea undulata (Sol.) Jacq.
Olea welwitschii (Knobl.) Gilg & G.Schellenb.
Olea wightiana Wall. ex G.Don
Olea woodiana Knobl.
Olea yuennanensis Hand.-Mazz.

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Formerly placed here

Chionanthus foveolatus (E.Mey.) Stearn (as O. foveolata E.Mey.)
Ligustrum compactum var. compactum (as O. compacta Wall. ex G.Don)
Nestegis cunninghamii (Hook.f.) L.A.S.Johnson (as O. cunninghamii Hook.f.)
Noronhia emarginata (Lam.) Thouars (as O. emarginata Lam.)
Osmanthus americanus (L.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex A.Gray (as O. americana L.)
Osmanthus heterophyllus (G. Don) P.S.Green (as O. aquifolium Siebold & Zucc. or O. ilicifolia Siebold ex Hassk.)

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References

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 GRIN (April 4, 2006). “Olea information from NPGS/GRIN”. Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
↑ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 GRIN. “Species in GRIN for genus Olea“. Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
↑ “Name – Olea L. subordinate taxa”. Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved May 20, 2011.

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[grin1-1] 1.0 ^1.1 GRIN (April 4, 2006). “Olea information from NPGS/GRIN”. Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved May 20, 2011.

[2] Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607

[grin2-3] 3.0 ^3.1 GRIN. “Species in GRIN for genus Olea“. Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved May 20, 2011.

[trop-4] “Name – Olea L. subordinate taxa”. Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved May 20, 2011.

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