Vasilis Teodoridis:
Oleaceae | Olea
10. Olea tsoongii (Merrill) P. S. Green; Kew Bull. 50: 338. 1995.
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Ligustrum tsoongii Merrill; Philipp. J. Sci. 21: 506. 1922; Olea brevipes L. C. Chia; O. yuennanensis Handel-Mazzetti; O. yuennanensis var. xeromorpha Handel-Mazzetti.
Shrubs or trees 3-15 m; polygamodioecious. Branchlets terete; finely pubescent to glabrescent. Petiole 3-10 mm; pubescent to finely puberulent; leaf blade oblanceolate; obovate-elliptic; elliptic; or elliptic-oblong; (3-)4-9(-14) x (1.5-) 2-3(-6) cm; leathery; glabrous or puberulent along midrib especially near petiole; base attenuate; margin entire or finely serrate; teeth sharp and ca. 0.5 mm; apex acute to obtuse or rounded; often slightly acuminate; primary veins 5-7 on each side of midrib; often obscure. Inflorescences axillary; paniculate; 2-10 cm; puberulent to glabrescent. Flowers usually in subumbellate groups; white; yellowish; or red. Staminate flowers: pedicel 1-5 mm; slender; glabrous; calyx 1-1.5 mm; corolla 2-3.5(-4.5) mm; lobes broadly deltate; 0.5-1.2 mm. Bisexual flowers: pedicel 0-2 mm; stout; calyx as in staminate flowers; corolla 2-4.5 mm; lobes 0.5-1.5 mm. Drupe purple-black; ovoid-globose; long ellipsoid; or subglobose; 6-13 x 3-9 mm. Fl. Feb-Nov; fr. May-Dec.
* Forests or thickets; 800-2300 m. Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Sichuan; Yunnan
The seed oil is used in food and industry.
Olea dioica Roxburgh; which does not occur in China; was recognized in FRPS on the basis of misidentified plants of O. tsoongii
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Oleaceae | Olea
10. Olea tsoongii (Merrill) P. S. Green; Kew Bull. 50: 338. 1995.
????? yun nan mu xi lan
Ligustrum tsoongii Merrill; Philipp. J. Sci. 21: 506. 1922; Olea brevipes L. C. Chia; O. yuennanensis Handel-Mazzetti; O. yuennanensis var. xeromorpha Handel-Mazzetti.
Shrubs or trees 3-15 m; polygamodioecious. Branchlets terete; finely pubescent to glabrescent. Petiole 3-10 mm; pubescent to finely puberulent; leaf blade oblanceolate; obovate-elliptic; elliptic; or elliptic-oblong; (3-)4-9(-14) x (1.5-) 2-3(-6) cm; leathery; glabrous or puberulent along midrib especially near petiole; base attenuate; margin entire or finely serrate; teeth sharp and ca. 0.5 mm; apex acute to obtuse or rounded; often slightly acuminate; primary veins 5-7 on each side of midrib; often obscure. Inflorescences axillary; paniculate; 2-10 cm; puberulent to glabrescent. Flowers usually in subumbellate groups; white; yellowish; or red. Staminate flowers: pedicel 1-5 mm; slender; glabrous; calyx 1-1.5 mm; corolla 2-3.5(-4.5) mm; lobes broadly deltate; 0.5-1.2 mm. Bisexual flowers: pedicel 0-2 mm; stout; calyx as in staminate flowers; corolla 2-4.5 mm; lobes 0.5-1.5 mm. Drupe purple-black; ovoid-globose; long ellipsoid; or subglobose; 6-13 x 3-9 mm. Fl. Feb-Nov; fr. May-Dec.
* Forests or thickets; 800-2300 m. Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Sichuan; Yunnan
The seed oil is used in food and industry.
Olea dioica Roxburgh; which does not occur in China; was recognized in FRPS on the basis of misidentified plants of O. tsoongii