🌿 Family

Oleaceae

87 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Lamiales › Oleaceae

Jasminum multipartitum Hochst.

Starry Wild Jasmine (Jasminum multipartitum Hochst.) is a flowering scrambling climber or shrub native to southern Africa.

Nestegis sandwicensis (A.Gray) O.Deg., I.Deg. & L.A.S.Johnson

Nestegis sandwicensis, or olopua/Hawai'i olive, is an endemic Hawaiian flowering tree with traditional Native Hawaiian wood uses.

Nestegis montana (Hook.f.) L.A.S.Johnson

Nestegis montana, synonym Notelaea montana, is a 15m tall New Zealand tree, commonly called narrow-leaved maire.

Osmanthus fragrans Lour.

Osmanthus fragrans is a fragrant flowering plant widely cultivated ornamentally and used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Picconia excelsa (Aiton) DC.

Picconia excelsa is an evergreen tree/shrub native to Macaronesian laurel forests, used locally for wood, ornamentation and reforestation.

Picconia azorica (Tutin) Knobl.

Picconia azorica is an evergreen Oleaceae woody plant native to most of the Azores, with specific foliage, flowers, and fleshy dark blue drupe fruits.

Notelaea ligustrina Vent.

Notelaea ligustrina is a southeastern Australian olive family shrub or small tree with edible but bitter fruit.

Notelaea ovata R.Br.

Notelaea ovata is an Australian olive-family shrub first scientifically described by Robert Brown in 1810.

Notelaea venosa F.Muell.

Notelaea venosa F.Muell. is typically a 3m tall bushy shrub, occasionally growing as a large tree to 16m tall.

Notelaea lloydii Guymer

Notelaea lloydii is a multi-branched Australian shrub found only near two Queensland locations in open eucalypt forest.

Notelaea linearis Benth.

Notelaea linearis Benth. is a 2-meter tall Australian shrub found in dry forests and scrub on granite.

Schrebera alata (Hochst.) Welw.

Schrebera alata is an Oleaceae tree native to multiple African countries, growing up to 15 m tall in forest and woodland habitat.

Nyctanthes arbor-tristis L.

Nyctanthes arbor-tristis L. is a fragrant flowering shrub or small tree native to South and Southeast Asia with documented traditional uses.

Noronhia emarginata (Lam.) Poir.

Madagascar olive (Noronhia emarginata) is a tough evergreen tree/shrub native to Madagascar, grown ornamentally in warm regions.

Cartrema floridana (Chapm.) G.L.Nesom

Cartrema floridana is an endemic evergreen flowering shrub/tree of central Florida threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation.

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