Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata

 
  • Family : OLEACEAE
    (Olive Or Jasmine Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : MOGRA FAMILY (मोगरा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Oleaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Linociera lebrunii Staner; Olea africana Mill.; Olea asiatica Desf.; Olea aucheri A.Chev. ex Ehrend.; Olea chrysophylla Lam.; Olea cuspidata Wall. ex G.Don; Olea europaea subsp. africana (Mill.) P.S.Green; Olea europaea f. dulcis Collen.; Olea ferruginea Royle; Olea indica Kleinhof ex Burm.f.; Olea kilimandscharica Knobl.; Olea monticola Gand.; Olea schimperi Gand.; Olea similis Burch.; Olea somaliensis Baker; Olea subtrinervata Chiov.; Olea verrucosa (Willd.) Link
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata (Wall. & G.Don) Cif.
  • Common name : Brown Olive, Wild olive
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kahu, Kan, Kao, Bairbanj (Himachal)
    • Julipe (Kannada)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Comments / notes : Brown Olive is an evergreen tree usually growing 2-10 m tall, but occasionally reaching up to 15 m in height.
  • Key identification features : Flowering occurs mostly during spring. The distinctive ellipsoid fruits are green when immature and turn purplish-black in color as they mature. These fruit, 1.5-3 cm long and 0.6-2 cm wide, have a single stone in the centre surrounded by oily flesh.
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Rudraprayag district
    • Himachal Pradesh : Kullu district
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Afghanistan, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Provinces, China South-Central, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Iran, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Rwanda, Réunion,
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Literature :
    • Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 180
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Olea europaea subsp cuspidata. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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