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Olea capensis

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Name

Identification
Olea capensis L. [family OLEACEAE ]
Related name
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Flora

Entry for Olea capensis subsp capensis [family OLEACEAE]
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Olea capensis subsp capensis [family OLEACEAE]
Common names
O. capensis L., Spl. PI. ed. 1: 8 (1753); Harv. ex Wright in F.C. 4, 1: 487 (1907). O. laurifolia Lam., lllustr. 1: 29 (1791); Harv. ex Wright I.e. (1907), pro majore parte. Type: specimen in Paris Herbarium, plant originally from the Cape. —var. concobr(E. Mey.) Harv. ex C.H.Wr., I.e. 487 (1907). O. undulata Jacq., Hort. Schoenbr. 1: 1, t.2 (1797). Type: tab. 2, Jacq. I.e. —var. planifolia E. Mey., Comm. 176 (1837). Type: Zuurbergen, Drege s.n. O. concolor E. Mey., I.e. 176 (1837). Type: Tulbagh, between Nieuwkloof and Elandskloof, Drege s.n. (L, iso!; PRE, photo.).
Habitat
The great variation in leaf shape and texture is particularly noticeable between specimens from the three main habitats, littoral scrub, bush and forest. The shrubby plants from the littoral usually have large broad coarse leaves while in the forests the leaves are not so thick and are more elliptic in shape. The intermediate forms are mostly in the bush.
Use
(a) subsp. capensis Verdoorn in Bothalia 6: 582 and Fig. 6-8, 585-587, PI. 16-18, 626-628 (1956).

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