Oleaceae
Olive/Jasmine family
The olive and ash family, renowned for the olive (Olea europaea) — a cornerstone of Mediterranean diet and culture — and for ornamental flowering shrubs like jasmine (Jasminum) and lilac (Syringa). Most members have opposite leaves and small 4-lobed flowers.
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Opposite leaves and 4-parted flowers with just two stamens — an unusually low stamen count among dicots.
A family of familiar cultivated shrubs and trees — olive, jasmine, and much of the fragrance behind the world's floral perfumery.
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How to recognise the Oleaceae family
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Opposite leaves, often leathery
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4-petalled small flowers, 2 stamens
- 03
Drupe (olive) or samara (ash) fruit
Typical leaf characters
Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.
Typical flower & fruit
- Flower symmetryActinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- InflorescencePanicle
- FruitDrupe
Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.
Notable members
All 34 species in OLEACEAE
- Malabar Fringe TreeChionanthus mala-elengi subsp. linocieroides
- Native OliveChionanthus ramiflorus
- Needle Flower JasmineJasminum auriculatum
- Lemon-Scented JasmineJasminum azoricum
- Crowded-Flower JasmineJasminum coarctatum
- Pointed-Leaf JasmineJasminum cuspidatum
- Big Jasmine, River Jasmine, Scrambling VineJasminum flexile
- Big Jasmine, River Jasmine, Scrambling VineJasminum flexile var. ovatum
- Spanish Jasmine, Common Jasmine, Catalonian JasmineJasminum grandiflorum
- Wild JasmineJasminum humile
- Malabar JasmineJasminum malabaricum
- Primrose JasmineJasminum mesnyi
- Downy Jasmine, Common JasmineJasminum multiflorum
- Common JasmineJasminum officinale
- Many-Flowered JasmineJasminum polyanthum
- Long-Bud JasmineJasminum ritchiei
- Arabian Jasmine, Tuscan Jasmine, Mogori Sambac, Moss Rose Jasmine, Sambac JasmineJasminum sambac
- Tree PrivetLigustrum robustum subsp. walkeri
- Coral Jasmine, Night Jasmine, Arbor Tristis, Har Singar, Parijat, Sad Tree, Tree Of Sadness, Tree Of SorrowNyctanthes arbor-tristis
- Rose Sandalwood, Indian Wild OliveOlea dioica
- OliveOlea europaea
- AkirahoOlea paniculata
- Weaver's Beam TreeSchrebera swietenioides
- Chionanthus leprocarpus var. courtallensis
- Chionanthus zeylanica
- Jasminum brevilobum
- Jasminum laurifolium f. nitidum
- Jasminum rottlerianum
- Jasminum roxburghianum
- Ligustrum decaisnei
- Ligustrum gamblei
- Ligustrum perrottetii
- Linociera malabarica
- Olea polygama
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