Oleaceae

Schrebera Roxb.

First published in Pl. Coromandel 2: 1 (1799)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is NW. Peru, Tropical & S. Africa, Comoros, Madagascar, India to Borneo.

Descriptions

Oleaceae, F. K. Kupicha. Flora Zambesiaca 7:1. 1983

Morphology General Habit
Trees and shrubs.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves opposite, simple or compound, petiolate, glabrous or hairy; acarodomatia absent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences few– to many–flowered, cymose; flowers heterostylous, scented.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx campanulate, truncate or obscurely lobed.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla pale cream or pink, hypocrateriform, usually pilose within the tube; lobes 5–7, imbricate, each with a conspicuous patch of swollen brownish or purplish hairs at the base.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens 2, inserted at or near the mouth of the corolla tube; filaments short, anthers introrse.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Ovary bilocular, with 4 ovules per loculus; style slender; stigma exserted or included, subcapitate or cylindrical.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit a woody bilocular capsule with loculicidal dehiscence.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds endospermous, with a long subapical wing, spinning during dispersal.
[FZ]

Oleaceae, W. B. Turrill. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1952

Morphology General Habit
Trees or shrubs, with simple or compound opposite leaves; leaflets entire
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers often fairly large, in corymbose-paniculate inflorescences, hermaphrodite, often heterostyled
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx campanulate or campanulate-cupulate, usually irregularly or obscurely dentate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla infundibuliform, with a well-developed tube and spreading lobes which are barbate with dull or purple hairs on at least part of the upper surface
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens 2, affixed to the throat of the corolla by short filaments
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Ovary bilocular, usually 4 pendulous ovules in each loculus; style filiform, generally not exceeding the tube; stigma bifid
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit a hard woody, sometimes very thickly woody, loculicidal capsule with two loculi.
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0