Noronhia

Plant Characteristics

Habit		tree
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Origin:	✈	Madagascar

Cultivation

Features:	✓	evergreen, deciduous

Scientific Names

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Noronhia is a genus of 41 species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae, all but one native to Madagascar, the remaining species native to the Comoros Islands north of Madagascar.

The species are deciduous or evergreen trees.

The genus is named in after the Spanish Botanist Francisco Noronha.

Read about Noronhia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

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. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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.

Species

Madagascar 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 Noronhia cochleata Labat

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

External links

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