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Olea exasperata

Common names: dune olive, coast olive (Eng.); duineolien, glashoutolien, slanghout, vlashoutolien, basterolienhout (Afr.)

Family: Oleaceae

... The Dune Olive is easily confused with the Wild Olive ( Olea europaea subsp. africana ), however, the lower surface ... herbaceous perennials and trees, including species of Olea . However, that does not mean all flowers visited by ... by them, and there maybe a number of other pollinators. Olea exasperata is an important component of dune vegetation. ...

18 / 11 / 2019 | Sisanda Alakhe Velembo-Mhlauli | Kirstenbosch NBG

Common names: (subsp. capensis ) small ironwood , black ironwood, buchuwood, buckutree, false ironwood (Eng.); kleinysterhout , basterswartysterhout, basterysterhou

Family: Oleaceae

... that only about 5% of these fungi have ever been named. Olea This is definitely a tree you plant for your ... feller's tools than the other way around! The Latin word olea and its Greek cognate elaia have signified an olive ... the former we may number not only the cultivated olive, Olea europaea , but also Jasmine ( Jasminum , many species), ...

09 / 12 / 2013 | Hugh Glen | KwaZulu-Natal Herbarium

Common names: wild olive, olienhout (Afr.), mohlware (NSotho, SSotho), umnquma (Zulu, Xhosa, Swati), mutlhwari (Venda), motlhware (Tswana)

Family: Oleaceae

... Joffe Pretoria National Botanical Garden November 2002 Olea europaea subsp. africana is a neatly shaped evergreen ... it is extremely hardy and is an excellent fodder tree. Olea Propagate it from seed or from hardwood cuttings. Sow ... is virtually indestructable. The Latin name for olive is olea ; europaea = from Europe, and africana = from ...

18 / 11 / 2002 | Pitta Joffe | Pretoria NBG

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Search results for "Olea" (displaying 3 of 3 on page 1)

Olea exasperata

Olea capensis

Olea europaea subsp. africana