Olea

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Read about Olea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Olea (classical name for olive). Oleaceae. Olive. The olive tree and fruit; and other small trees or shrubs of little importance in cultivation. (The Olea fragrans of greenhouses is Osmanthus; also O. Aquifolium.) Spiny or unarmed: Lvs. evergreen and thick, opposite, usually entire, and often rusty-tomentose beneath: fls. small, usually imperfect, white or whitish, in forking panicles or fascicles, the short calyx 4-toothed (corolla sometimes none), the short-tubed corolla with 4 valvate lobes, the stamens 2; ovary 2-loculed, bearing a short style and capitate stigma: fr. an oblong or ovoid drupe.—Between 30 and 40 trees or shrubs of the tropical and warm-temperate parts of the Old World to New Zeal. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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