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Olea lancea

Olea lancea
Photo: B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Oleaceae (Olive family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
W. Indian Ocean
Climate
wet tropical

About

Olea lancea grows as a shrub or small tree up to 6 metres (20 ft) tall.

Where it grows

It is known from Madagascar, Mauritius, La Réunion and Rodrigues.

Other Olea plants

Olea capensis subsp. macrocarpa · Black Ironwood · Olive · African olive · Olive tree · Australian Olive · Elgon Teak · Forest Olive · Olive

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Olea lancea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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