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Olea schliebenii

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Name

Identification
Olea schliebenii Knobl. [family OLEACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Olea capensis
  • Olea schliebenii

Flora

Entry for OLEA schliebenii Knobl. [family OLEACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1952) Author: W. B. TURRILL
Names
OLEA schliebenii Knobl. [family OLEACEAE], in N.B.G-.B. 12: 199 (1934); T.T.C.L. 393 (1949). Type: Tanganyika, Uluguru Mts., Lukwangule Plateau, Febr. 1933, Schlieben 3553 (B, holo.!, BM, iso.!)
Information
Tree 7–17 m. tall, the final branches terete or obscurely quadrangular, reddish-brown and then whitish-grey, with somewhat projecting lenticels. Leaves of mature trees with blades elliptic or broadly elliptic, very shortly cuspidate, 2–5 cm. long, 2–5 cm. broad, strongly coriaceous, with numerous adpressed scales on both surfaces but especially the lower. Panicles terminal and axillary on the final branches.
Range
DISTR. T6 endemic on Uluguru Mts.
Altitude range
2460–2500 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Morogoro District Uluguru Mts., Lukwangule, Lupango, Jan. 1935, E. M. Bruce 736!
Notes
Some varieties or forms of the South African O. laurifolia Lam. (? O. africana Mill.) approach this species but on the whole the broader blades of the leaves of O. schliebenii and the more numerous surface scales (which, however, are not overlapping) give clearly distinguishing characters.

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