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Olea capensis

About
Olea capensis, also known by the common name black ironwood, is an African tree species belonging to the Olive family (Oleaceae). It is widespread in Sub-Saharan Africa from the east in Somalia, Ethiopia and Sudan, south to the tip of South Africa, and west to Cameroon, Sierra Leone and the Islands of the Gulf of Guinea, as well as Madagascar and the Comoros. It occurs in bush, littoral scrub and evergreen forest.
- Family
- Oleaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Olea capensis
- Slug
- olea-capensis
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Genus
- Olea
- Species
- capensis
- Wikidata QID
- Q568254
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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