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Olax (probably from the odor or smell). Olacaceae. Thirty and more species of trees, sometimes scandent, shrubs and subshrubs in the tropical parts of the Old World, little known in cult.: Lvs. alternate, simple: fls. white or whitish, sometimes colored, small, mostly in short axillary simple or branched racemes; calyx cup-shaped, minute; petals 3-6, some of them in some species coherent; fertile stamens usually 3, sometimes 4 or 5, mostly standing opposite the edges of the petals; staminodia 5 or 6, notched, mostly standing opposite the petals; ovary free, in a cup-shaped disk, the stigma 3-lobed: fr. somewhat immersed in fleshy calyx, containing a 1-seeded stone. None of the species seems to be listed; probably some of them would be interesting far S.
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==References==
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*[[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 -->
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