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Olea

Plants

Family: Oleaceae

40 species in the Library

About

Olea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae. It includes 11 species accepted by Plants of the World Online native to warm temperate and tropical regions of the Middle East, southern Europe, Africa, southern Asia, and Australasia. They are evergreen trees and shrubs, with small, opposite, entire leaves. The fruit is a drupe. Leaves of Olea contain trichosclereids.

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