Olea woodiana
| Forest olive | |
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| In the KwaZulu-Natal Botanical Garden | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Oleaceae |
| Genus: | Olea |
| Species: |
O. woodiana Knobl. |
| Binomial name | |
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Olea woodiana |
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Olea woodiana, known commonly as the forest olive or black ironwood (Afrikaans: Bosolienhout), is an African tree species belonging to the olive family (Oleaceae).
The tree grows in lower altitude hill forests from Kenya, Tanzania, Swaziland, and South Africa.
Olea woodiana is a medium-sized to tall tree. The axillary or terminal inflorescences carry small white flowers that are fragrant.
Fruit are produced from late summer. They are oval-shaped and ripen to a purple black colour, when they are consumed by birds.
There are two recognized subspecies:
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