Olea paniculata R. Br.

In moist ravines, 600-1800 m, not very common.

This species is very close to Olea paniculala R. Br., a native of Australia and Malesia.

Trees 6-20 m. Branchlets compressed, glabrous. Petiole 1.5-3 cm, glabrous; leaf blade ovate-elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, 8.5-18 × 3.5-6.5 cm, papery, minutely lepidote, with domatia in axils of primary veins and midrib abaxially, base cuneate, margin entire, apex acuminate to long acuminate; primary veins 8-11 on each side of midrib, slightly raised. Panicles terminal or axillary, 8-10 cm. Flowers bisexual. Pedicel 0-3 mm. Calyx ca. 1 mm. Corolla white; tube ca. 1 mm; lobes elliptic, 1.5-2 mm, obtuse. Drupe ripening yellow-brown, long ovoid, somewhat oblique, 1.2-1.5 cm × 6-7 mm. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Jul-Nov.

Tree 5-20 m high, glabrous or nearly so; branches lenticellate, bark rough. Leaves 10 cm long, 5 cm broad, oblong-lanceolate, long-acuminate, glabrous, dark green and shining above, paler beneath, coriaceous, with domatia at the axils of nerves (sometimes not found on young leaves), base cuneate, margin slightly undulate; petiole 1-2 cm long. Flowers cream-coloured, in terminal or lateral compound trichotomous cymes. Calyx 4-toothed, c. 1 mm long, persistent. Corolla deeply divided, lobes valvate, elliptic, 1-2 mm long. Anthers large. Ovary glabrate. Drupe 1-1.5 cm long, 5-7 mm wide, ovoid, somewhat oblique, apex acute.

Yunnan [India, Indonesia, Kashmir, Malaysia, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Sri Lanka; Australia].

Himalaya (Kashmir to Nepal), India.

Distribution: N.W. Himalaya, Indus eastwards to Nepal, mountains of South India; Hazara, Pakistan, Kashmir.

500-1400 m

Fl. Per.: April-May, occasionally during the rains. Fruit: cold season.

Moist ravines, open valleys; 1200-2400 m.

Linociera yunnanensis H. T. Chang; Olea glandulifera Desfontaines.