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'''Noronhia''' is a genus of 41 species of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Oleaceae]], all but one native to [[Madagascar]], the remaining species native to the [[Comoros]] Islands north of Madagascar.<ref name=oxford>University of Oxford, Oleaceae information site: [http://herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/fraxigen/fraxinus/oleaceae/noronhia.html ''Noronhia'']</ref> The species are [[deciduous]] or [[evergreen]] [[tree]]s. The genus is named in after the Spanish Botanist [[Francisco Noronha]]. {{Inc| Noronhia (after Ferd. de Noronha, Spanish naturalist and traveler: died 1787). Oleaceae. One tree or large bush, differing from Olea in having separate petals and in other characters. N. emarginata, Poir. (Olea emarginata, Lam.), is native in Madagascar and other islands, and is planted somewhat in Hawaii. Lvs. opposite, evergreen, short-stalked, coriaceous, cuneate-oblong and more or less retuse, entire: fls. yellowish, fragrant, in axillary clusters; calyx small, 4-toothed or -cut; petals 4, sometimes somewhat coherent at base: fr. an edible drupe, purple when ripe, globular, about 1 in. diam.; seed usually 1 (ovary 2-celled), in the sweet pulp. }} ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Species== {| |- valign=top | ;Madagascar<ref name=fom>Madagascar Catalogue: [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=12&taxon_id=122394 ''Noronhia'']</ref> *''[[Noronhia alleizettei]]'' Dubard *''[[Noronhia ambrensis]]'' H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia boinensis]]'' H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia boivinii]]'' Dubard *''[[Noronhia brevituba]]'' H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia buxifolia]]'' H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia candicans]]'' H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia crassinodis]]'' H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia crassiramosa]]'' H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia cruciata]]'' H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia decaryana]]'' H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia divaricata]]'' Scott-Elliot *''[[Noronhia ecoronulata]]'' H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia emarginata]]'' (Lam.) Thouars *''[[Noronhia gracilipes]]'' H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia grandifolia]]'' H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia humbertiana]]'' H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia introversa]]'' H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia lanceolata]]'' H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia leandriana]]'' H.Perrier | *''[[Noronhia linearifolia]]'' Boivin ex Dubard *''[[Noronhia linocerioides]]'' H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia longipedicellata]]'' H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia louvelii]]'' H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia luteola]]'' H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia mangorensis]]'' H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia myrtoides]]'' H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia oblanceolata]]'' H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia ovalifolia]]'' H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia peracuminata]]'' H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia pervilleana]]'' (Knobl.) H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia populifolia]]'' H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia sambiranensis]]'' H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia seyrigii]]'' H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia tetrandra]]'' H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia tubulosa]]'' H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia verrucosa]]'' H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia verticillata]]'' H.Perrier *''[[Noronhia verticilliflora]]'' H.Perrier ;Comoros<ref name=novon>Labat, J.-N., Pignal, M., & Pascal, O. (1999). Trois Espèces Nouvelles d'Oleaceae et Note sur la Présence d'Olea capensis dans l'Archipel des Comores. ''Novon'' 9 (1): 66-72. [http://apt.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1043%2F1055-3177(1999)009%5B0066%3ATENDEN%5D2.3.CO%3B2 Abstract]</ref> *''[[Noronhia cochleata]]'' Labat |} ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== <references/> *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963 <!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --> <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --> <!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --> ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__
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