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Olea europaea

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Oleaceae Genus: Olea

‘oliwa [oliwa], African olive, olive

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Trees to 8–10 m tall with a broad crown, sometimes shrubby.

Stems: Young branches grayish lepidote.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades narrowly elliptic to oblong or lanceolate, (1–)2–8 cm long, (0.3–)0.5–1.5(–2) cm wide. Apex mucronate. Upper surfaces glabrous; lower surfaces moderately to densely grayish, green, or golden lepidote, covered with peltate glands; blade coriaceous. Margins entire. Petiolate. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in axillary, decussate panicles shorter than the leaves. Flowers bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic. Calyx small, 4-toothed, valvate. Corolla lobes 4, white, ca. 3.5–4 mm long, induplicate–valvate in bud, shortly connate. Stamens 2, inserted on corolla tube alternate with the lobes; anthers dithecal, oriented back–to–back, opening by longitudinal slits. Ovary superior, 2-carpellate, 2-celled, placentation axile; ovules 2 per cell; stigma capitate or shortly 2-lobed, dry.

Fruit: Drupes green when immature; becoming black or brownish at maturity; subglobose to narrowly ellipsoid; 6–19 mm long.

Ploidy: 2n = 46

Habitat: Dry to mesic; disturbed areas.

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized
O'ahu Naturalized
Lana'i Naturalized
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Birds

Pollinators

Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 8 (1753)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Olea europaea L. n. kona, s edge of the summit of puuwaawaa PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herbst, d.r. spence, g. collector number: 5475 a Hawaii BISH 9/23/1975
2 Olea europaea L. S. Kohala District, the "flats" near Puu Heewai, about 2 miles SE of Keamuku. Tree planted on Parker Ranch Growing in Dodonaea scrub. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Davis, J. Collector Number: 657 Hawaii BISH 12/3/1981
3 Olea europaea L. N. Kona, S edge of the summit of Puuwaawaa PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D.R. 5475 a Hawaii BISH 9/23/1975
4 Olea europaea L. n kona, ~2.2 km from firing point 710 and kona hwy., at sse angle, ~1.0 km e of military reservation boundary ash, pahoehoe; Myoporum sandwicense, Dodonaea viscosa, Pennisetum setaceum PRESERVED_SPECIMEN close, b. popolizio, c. collector number: 995-2 Hawaii BISH 9/13/1995
5 Olea europaea L. s. kohala district, the "flats" near puu heewai, about 2 miles se of keamuku. tree planted on parker ranch Growing in Dodonaea scrub. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN davis, j. collector number: 657 Hawaii BISH 12/3/1981
6 Olea europaea L. puu kalena, waianae mts, waianaeuka By trail. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN st.john, h. collector number: 12947 Oahu BISH 3/12/1933
7 Olea europaea L. N Kona, ~2.2 km from firing point 710 and Kona Hwy., at SSE angle, ~1.0 km E of military reservation boundary ash, pahoehoe; Myoporum sandwicense, Dodonaea viscosa, Pennisetum setaceum PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Close, B. 995-2 Hawaii BISH 9/13/1995
8 Olea europaea L. S. Kohala District, the "flats" near Puu Heewai, about 2 miles SE of Keamuku. Tree planted on Parker Ranch Growing in Dodonaea scrub. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Davis, J. 657 Hawaii BISH 12/3/1981
9 Olea europaea L. north kona district, at the south edge of the summit of pu`u waa waa. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN d. r. herbst & g. spence 5475a Kauai US 9/23/1975
10 Olea europaea L. Honolulu, Kaimuki, Harding Avenue. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. M. Bush 99 Oahu PTBG 7/19/1974
11 Olea europaea L. Puuwaawaa Ranch. Degraded dryland pasture. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Natalia Tangalin 791 Hawaii PTBG 6/7/2006
12 Olea europaea L. KAUAI: Above Wailua, Wailua Game Reserve. Vegetation on plots stripmined for bauxite ore in 1958-60. Tree plot area. Fertilizer applied topically. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Richard A. Howard 20223 Kauai PTBG 10/20/1985
13 Olea europaea L. The Hawaiian Islands, Midway - Sand Island, Small cultivated tree by recreation center. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D.; Takeuchi, W. 6439 US 7/1/1980
14 Olea europaea L. pu`uwa`awa`a ranch. Degraded dryland pasture. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN n. tangalin, l. perry, d. bender & s. p. perlman 791 Hawaii US 6/7/2006
15 Olea europaea L. North Kona District, at the south edge of the summit of Pu`u Waa Waa. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D. R.; Spence, G. 5475a Hawaii US 9/23/1975
16 Olea europaea L. the hawaiian islands, midway - sand island, small cultivated tree by recreation center. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN d. herbst & w. takeuchi 6439 US 7/1/1980
17 Olea europaea L. Pu`uwa`awa`a Ranch. Degraded dryland pasture. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tangalin, N.; Perry, L.; Bender, D.; Perlman, S. P. 791 Hawaii US 6/7/2006
18 Olea europaea L. Puu Kalena, Waianae Mts, Waianaeuka By trail. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St. John, H. 12947 Oahu BISH 3/12/1933
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