Olea paniculata

Olea paniculata R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 528 1810. (syn: Ligustrum neoebudicum Guillaumin; Linociera lauterbachii Lingelsh.; Linociera yunnanensis H.T.Chang; Olea bournei Fyson; Olea glandulifera Desf.; Olea glandulifera Wall. ex G.Don; Olea glandulosa DC.; Olea thozettii Pancher & Sebert);
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Indian Subcontinent to China (Yunnan) and SW. Pacific: Bismarck Archipelago, China South-Central, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Norfolk Is., Pakistan, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vanuatu, West Himalaya as per POWO;

Common name: Native Olive • Hindi: Gaild, Gair, Galdu, Jharinu • Kannada: Kunde, Kunthay, Kunthe • Telugu: Lodajang, Loddajang
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Keys as per An Excursion Flora of Central Tamilnadu, India By K. M. Matthew (1995):
Leaf margin entire; nerve axils glandular, corolla (sub)rotate; lobes reflexed, stamens exerted … O. paniculata
Leaf margin dentate; nerve axils eglandular, corolla tubular-campanulate; lobes incurved, stamens included … O. dioca
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As per efi thread:
It (leaf) is not necessarily be serrate always. I have seen both serrated and non-serrated leaves on the same individual. But serrated leaves is a character of this species. In younger plants the leaves are always serrated.
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Trees, to 15 m high, bark 1 cm, greyish-brown, exfoliating in brittle scales; blaze dull yellow. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole 10-35 mm, slender, glabrous, grooved above; lamina 7-13 x 2.5-5 cm, elliptic, elliptic-obovate or elliptic lanceolate, base attenuate, apex acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, chartaceous; lateral nerves 4-7 pairs, glabrous, pinnate, prominent; intercostae reticulate; domatia present. Flowers bisexual, creamy, 4 mm across, in terminal or lateral compound, trichotomous cymes; calyx 1 mm, glabrous, lobes triangular, gland-dotted; corolla deeply lobed; lobes 4, spreading, 2 mm long, tube 1 mm long; stamens 2, exserted; anther oblong; ovary 1 mm long, 2-celled, ovules 2 in each cell; style short; stigma capitate. Fruit a drupe, 1.5 x 0.8 cm, ovoid, brownish-black; seed one.
Flowering and fruiting: February-April
Shola forests
(Attribution: Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi as per India Biodiversity Portal)
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Olea paniculata R.Br. submission AS9 April22: 9 images.
Here’s a new wild Olea species addition to our website.

Olea paniculata R.Br.

Synonyms – Olea glandulifera Desf.

Family – Oleaceae

Leaves have visible glands along midrib (see in attached image)

Photographed in Solan district, Himachal Pradesh
In April 2022

Sattal May 2025 :: Tree for ID :: ARK2025-024: 2 high res. images.

Chionanthus ramiflorus Roxb. ??

The flower shape looks different though.
Attaching a close up of the flowers.
On FB, there have been suggestions of Ligustrum compactum and Olea paniculata.

Olea paniculata R.Br. . Please check.

Thank you …, even I thought this was close.

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