- Family:
- Oleaceae Hoffmanns. & Link
- Genus:
- Olea L.
- Species:
- Olea europaea L.
Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata (Wall. & G.Don) Cif.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Drupe 5–7 mm long.
- Distribution
- N1–3; widespread in eastern tropical Africa southwards to South Africa, also in southern Arabia, Pakistan, and eastwards to south-western China.
- Ecology
- Altitude range 1000–1800 m.
- Vernacular
- Wagar, weger, wegir, wigir (Somali).
- Note
- Subsp. europaea, with larger edible fruits with a thick fleshy mesocarp, is the cultivated olive, subsp. laperrinei (Batt. & Trabut) Ciferri is the wild olive of the Saharan mountains, and subsp. cerasiformis (Webb & Berth.) Kunkel & Sunding is the wild olive of the Macaronesian Is. (see Green & Wickens in Kit Tan, ed., The Davis & Hedge Festschrift: 287–299, 1989).
[FTEA]
Oleaceae, W. B. Turrill. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1952
- Morphology General Habit
- Tree, rarely shrub, 5–20 m. tall, rough dark brown bark, spreading branches the final ones terete or, especially if sterile, subquadrangular, grey and with numerous somewhat projecting lenticels.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves of mature trees with blades typically narrowly lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, acutely cuspidate, 4–8 cm. long, 1–2.5 cm. broad, subcoriaceous, green and glabrous on upper surface, more or less reddish to fulvous scaly on lower surface.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Panicles axillary and terminal to the final branches, with numerous small white flowers.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Drupe ovoid to broadly ellipsoid.
- Figures
- Fig. 2.
- Habitat
- Evergreen woodland or wooded grasslands to upland rain forest; 1320–3150 m.
- Distribution
- Central, East and North East Tropical Africa, South Africa, Mascarenes, east to northern India and western China K1 K3 K4 K5 K6 T2 T3 T5 T7 T8 U1 U2 U3 Z
[FTEA]
Oleaceae, W. B. Turrill. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1952
- Morphology General Habit
- Tree, 15–20 m. tall, the final branches terete, grey, with numerous projecting lenticels.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves of mature trees oblong-lanceolate, elliptic, to elliptic-obovate, acute and shortly and very acutely mucronate, 7.9–9.5 cm. long, 3–3.8 cm. broad, subcoriaceous, greyish or olivaceous and shining on the upper surface, fulvous and dull on the lower, scaly on both surfaces and especially on the lower, otherwise glabrous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescences axillary, with white flowers.
- Habitat
- Upland dry evergreen forest; 1200–2000 m.
- Distribution
- T2 endemic on Kilimanjaro.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Provinces, China South-Central, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Iran, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Hawaii, Jawa, Norfolk Is., St.Helena
- Linociera lebrunii Staner
- Olea africana Mill.
- Olea asiatica Desf.
- Olea aucheri A.Chev. ex Ehrend.
- Olea chrysophylla Lam.
- Olea cuspidata Wall. ex G.Don
- Olea europaea subsp. africana (Mill.) P.S.Green
- Olea europaea f. dulcis Collen.
- Olea ferruginea Royle
- Olea indica Kleinhof ex Burm.f.
- Olea kilimandscharica Knobl.
- Olea monticola Gand.
- Olea schimperi Gand.
- Olea similis Burch.
- Olea somaliensis Baker
- Olea subtrinervata Chiov.
- Olea verrucosa (Willd.) Link
Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata (Wall. & G.Don) Cif. appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hughes, J. [221], Tanzania | Olea africana | 17429.000 | ||
| Hughes, J. [236], Tanzania | Olea africana | 17430.000 | ||
| Hughes, J. [217], Tanzania | Olea africana | 17857.000 | ||
| Styles, B.T. [300], Uganda | Olea africana | 25694.055 | ||
| Hughes, J. [219], Tanzania | Olea africana | 5075.000 | ||
| Richmond, P.C. [5], Tanzania | Olea africana | 5073.000 | ||
| Hughes, J. [230], Tanzania | Olea africana | 5074.000 | ||
| Hughes, J. [254], Tanzania | Olea africana | 6399.000 | ||
| Hughes, J. [235], Tanzania | Olea africana | 6400.000 | ||
| Hughes, J. [256], Tanzania | Olea africana | 6401.000 | ||
| Hughes, J. [255], Tanzania | Olea africana | 6402.000 | ||
| Hughes, J. [229], Tanzania | Olea africana | 7024.000 | ||
| Gossweiler, J. [10826], Angola | Olea africana | K001008348 | ||
| Gossweiler, J. [10827], Angola | Olea africana | K001008347 | ||
| Aucher-Eloy [4918], Oman | Olea aucheri | K000978903 | Unknown type material | |
| Hughes, J. [279], Tanzania | Olea chrysophylla | 17431.000 | ||
| Hughes, J. [276], Tanzania | Olea chrysophylla | 17432.000 |
First published in Olivicoltore 19(5): 96 (1942)
Accepted by
- Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Green, P.S. (2006). World Checklist of Oleaceae Manuscript Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1994). Oceanic Islands 1 Flora of Australia 49: 1-681. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (1996). Flora of China 15: 1-387. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1994). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 1: 1-336. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
- Lambdon, P. (2012). Flowering plants & ferns of St Helena: 1-624. Pisces publications for St Helena nature conservation group.
- Mannheimer, C.A. & Curtis, B.A. (eds.) (2009). Le Roux and Müller's field guide to the trees and shrubs of Namibia, rev. ed.: 1-525. Macmillan Education Namibia, Windhoek.
- Orchard, A.E. (ed.) (1994). Oceanic Islands 1 Flora of Australia 49: 1-681. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
- Wagner, W.L., Herbst, D.R. & Sohmer, S.H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, rev. ed., 2: 989-1918. University of Hawai'i Press, Bishop Museum Press.
Flora of Somalia
- Ciferri in L´Olivicoltore 19(5): 96 (1942)
- Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
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