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Botanical details
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Potentially harmful
- Genus
Olea
- Genus description
Olea are small or medium sized evergreen trees with simple, opposite leathery leaves. Flowers are in terminal or axillary panicles, and are small, whitish and followed by an ovoid, oblong or globose drupe (fruit).
- Name status
Accepted
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