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Native olive is a common name for several plants and may refer to:

<i>Bursaria spinosa</i> species of plant

Bursaria spinosa is a small tree or shrub in the family Pittosporaceae. The species occurs mainly in the eastern and southern half of Australia and not in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Reaching 10 m (35 ft) high, it bears fragrant white flowers at any time of year but particularly in summer. A common understory shrub of eucalyptus woodland, it colonises disturbed areas and fallow farmland. It is an important food plant for several species of butterflies and moths, particularly those of the genus Paralucia, and native bees.

<i>Chionanthus ramiflorus</i> species of plant

Chionanthus ramiflorus, commonly known as northern olive or native olive, is a species of shrubs and trees, of the flowering plant family Oleaceae. They grow naturally in India, Nepal, north eastern Australia (Queensland), New Guinea, the Philippines, southern China and Taiwan.

<i>Notelaea ligustrina</i> species of plant

Notelaea ligustrina, known as the privet mock olive, native olive, doral or silkwood, is a plant in the olive family, found in south eastern Australia. Growing in and near rainforests south of Monga National Park in New South Wales, and into Victoria and the island state of Tasmania. The specific epithet ligustrina refers to the Privet, which it resembles.

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Oleaceae family of plants

The Oleaceae are a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales. It presently comprises 26 genera, one of which is recently extinct. The 25 extant genera include Cartrema, which was resurrected in 2012. The number of species in the Oleaceae is variously estimated in a wide range around 700. The Oleaceae consist of shrubs, trees, and a few lianas. The flowers are often numerous and highly odoriferous. The family has a subcosmopolitan distribution, ranging from the subarctic to the southernmost parts of Africa, Australia, and South America. Notable members of the Oleaceae include olive, ash, jasmine, and several popular ornamental plants including privet, forsythia, fringetrees, and lilac.

Whitethorn or white thorn may refer to:

<i>Cartrema americana</i>

Cartrema americana, commonly called American olive, wild olive, or devilwood, is an evergreen shrub or small tree native to southeastern North America, in the United States from Virginia to Texas, and in Mexico from Nuevo León south to Oaxaca and Veracruz.

Pittosporaceae family of plants

Pittosporaceae is a family of flowering plants. The family includes approximately 200–240 species of trees, shrubs, and lianas in 9 genera. The species of Pittosporaceae range from tropical to temperate climates of the Afrotropic, Indomalaya, Oceania, and Australasia ecozones.

Blackthorn is a species of Prunus native to Europe, western Asia, and locally in northwest Africa.

<i>Nestegis</i> genus of plants

Nestegis is a genus of flowering plant in the olive family, Oleaceae. There are five currently accepted species in the genus: three species are endemic to New Zealand, while one can be found on New Zealand and Norfolk Island. Another is restricted to Hawaiʻi.

Jasmineae tribe of plants

Jasmineae is a tribe of flowering plants in the olive family, Oleaceae.

Oleeae tribe of plants

Oleeae is a tribe of flowering plants in the olive family, Oleaceae.

Myxopyreae is a tribe of flowering plants in the olive family, Oleaceae.

Forsythieae is a tribe of flowering plants in the olive family, Oleaceae.

<i>Notelaea venosa</i> species of plant

Notelaea venosa is a very common shrub or small tree in eastern Australia. Occurring in or adjacent to rainforest from Lakes Entrance, Victoria to Cunninghams Gap in south eastern Queensland. Common names include veined mock-olive, smooth mock-olive, large-leaved mock-olive and large mock-olive. Often seen in the bushland areas in Sydney.

<i>Notelaea longifolia</i> species of plant

Notelaea longifolia is a very common shrub or small tree in eastern Australia. Occurring in or adjacent to rainforest from Mimosa Rocks National Park to Bamaga in far north Queensland. Common names include large mock-olive or long-leaved-olive. An attractive ornamental plant.

Wild olive is a common name for several plants and may refer to:

<i>Notelaea microcarpa</i> species of plant

Notelaea microcarpa is a bush or small crooked tree from the Olive Family, found in eastern Australia. Two varieties are recognised; var. microcarpa, the velvet mock olive and var. velutina known as the gorge mock olive.

<i>Notelaea lloydii</i> species of plant

Notelaea lloydii, commonly known as Lloyd's olive, is a shrub in the olive family, found in Queensland, Australia. It is listed as "vulnerable" under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

<i>Phillyrea latifolia</i> species of plant

Phillyrea latifolia, commonly known as green olive tree or mock privet, is a species of tree in the family Oleaceae.

Large mock-olive is a common name for several plants and may refer to: