Olea L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 55

7. Olea L. 1

Evergreen trees or shrubs. Twigs terete or quadrangular, not flattened at the nodes. Leaves opposite, simple, lanceolate to obovate, entire, coriaceous. Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous, arranged in many-flowered axillary or terminal racemes or panicles. Calyx small, with 4 teeth or shallow lobes. Corolla subrotate, 4-lobed, with the lobes slightly longer than wide. Stamens epipetalous; anthers large; filaments short. Fruit an oleaginous drupe.