Olea montana Hook.f.
Details
Olea montana Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 176, t.46 (1853)
Nomenclature
Hook.f.
Hook.f.
1853
176, t.46
ICN
Olea montana Hook.f.
species
Olea montana
Classification
Descriptions
Olea montana Hook.f.
Canopy tree up to 10 m. or more tall; trunk up to c.6 dm. diam.; branches slender, bark reddish to greyish brown; branchlets ± pubescent. Lvs on petioles 2-3 mm. long; lamina coriac., glab., somewhat glossy; midrib slightly raised above and below. Lamina of juveniles linear, acute to acuminate; of adults linear to very narrowly lanceolate, acute or occ. ones obtuse. Racemes slender, glab., 3-4 cm. long, 5-10-fld; pedicels 2-3 mm. long, slender. ♂ with calyx rather shallowly lobed, lobes ovate-triangular, acute; anthers 2, exserted; ovary rud. ♀ with 2-loculed ovary, 1 us. not developing; ovules 2 per locule; rud. stamens often present. Drupe narrow-ovoid, ± 6-9 mm. long.
Taxonomic concepts
Olea montana Hook.f.
Olea montana Hook.f.
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Metadata
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scientific name
Names_Plants
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