4640.000 Elaeodendron Jacq.

Description of the genus

Glabrous trees or shrubs. Stipules small, free, caducous. Leaves all opposite, or subopposite to alternate on young shoots. Inflorescence pedunculate to sessile, regularly dichasial, in axils of foliage leaves or prophylls; bracts persistent. Flowers bisexual (in ours) or unisexual. Sepals, petals and stamens 3-5. Stamens united with base of disk. Ovary superior, 2-3-locular. Fruit drupaceous, hard or ± fleshy. Seeds 1-2(-3), without an aril.

Derivation of name: from Greek: elaia meaning olive, dendron meaning a tree, referring to the fruit’s likeness to real olives

Worldwide: 15 species in the Old World tropics, South Africa, Central America and West Indies

Zambia: 4 taxa.

Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

Species	FZ divisions	Provinces	Content
buchananii (Loes.) Loes.	N,W	Lp,C
matabelicum Loes.	S	S	Description, Image
schlechterianum (Loes.) Loes.	C,S	Lk	Description, Image
transvaalense (Burtt Davy) R.H. Archer	S	S	Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Elaeodendron
Flora of Caprivi: Elaeodendron
Flora of Malawi: Elaeodendron
Flora of Mozambique: Elaeodendron
Flora of Zimbabwe: Elaeodendron
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Elaeodendron

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Elaeodendron
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Elaeodendron
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Elaeodendron
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iNaturalist: Elaeodendron
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Elaeodendron
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Elaeodendron
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Tropicos: Elaeodendron
Wikipedia: Elaeodendron