Family: Oleaceae
Plant: A shrub or small tree up to 2-3m high.
Flowers: Creamish-green to yellow, 4-petalled flowers 3-4mm long in axillary racemes.
Flowering: April-October.
Fruit: Bluish-black olive-like ovoid drupe up to 1.5cm long.
Leaves: Leathery, oppositely arranged, lanceolate to ovate, 5-15cm long and 1-5cm wide with prominent net veins on the upper surface. The leaves are dark green on the upper surface, paler underneath and velvety when young. There are 1 or 2 small buds in the leaf axils.
Habitat: Rainforest and occasionally in damp locations in rainforest margins and wet sclerophyll forest.
Features: Bluish-black olive-shaped fruit. Leathery opposite leaves with prominent veins. 1 or 2 buds in the leaf axils. Stems, leaves and buds velvety when young.
Name:
Notelaea From Greek notos = south and elaia = olive (referring to its fruit)
longifolia From Latin = long-leaved
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Type |
Tree, Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Regular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Cream, Yellow, Green |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
4 |
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Flowering Month |
4, 5, 6, 7, 87, 9, 10 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Drupe |
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Colour |
Black, Blue |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Opposite |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval |
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Length |
Medium |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Hard, Discolorous |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Rainforest, Wet sclerophyll forest |
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