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Elaeagnus
oleaster
Other common names
silver treewild olive
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Botanical details
- Family
- Elaeagnaceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Potentially harmful
- Genus
Elaeagnus
- Genus description
Elaeagnus can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees, with simple, often silvery-scaled leaves, and small fragrant tubular flowers borne in clusters in the leaf axils, and followed by small juicy fruit
- Name status
Correct
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