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| Family : OLACACEAE |
| Protologue : Adansonia sér.1 3: 121 (1862 [1863]) |
| Information on the genus : Olax |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Olax poggei Engl. |
| =Olax viridis Oliv. (1868) |
| =Alsodeiopsis glaberrima Engl. ex Hutch. & Dalziel (1928) |
| =Olax minquartioides Baill. ex Pellegr. (1924) |
| =*Olax pyramidata A. Chev. (1920) |
| =*Olax ubanghensis A. Chev. (1913) |
| =Olax verruculosa Engl. (1893) |
| =Ptychopetalum alliaceum De Wild. (1903) |
| =Ptychopetalum nigricans De Wild. (1903) |
| =Olax alliaceae (De Wild.) Vermoesen ex Boutique |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Shrublet or shrub, glabrous, 0,3-3(-8) m tall; branches 4-winged, white-spotted; young twigs very pustulate; flowers white in axillary racemes; stamens 3-4, staminodes 5-6; calyx a disk at base, non-accrescent in fruit. |
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| Ecology : |
Evergreen or mixed forests; lowland rain-forest with Chrysophyllum albidum, Cola gigantea, Erythrophleum suaveolens, Alstonia boonei, Parinari excelsa, Milicia excelsa; rain-forest in wet situations, riverbanks, […] |
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Variable in shape and size of leaves. |
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1-1350 m alt. Leaves when crushed have a garlic flavour. |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- (1968). Flora of Tropical East Africa Olacaceae: 7-9
- (1968). Flora of Tropical East Africa Olacaceae: 8
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- LEBRUN, J. P. & A. L. STORK (1992). Enumération des plantes à fleurs d’Afrique tropicale. Chrysobalanaceae à Apiaceae. Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 2: 159
Bibliography other :
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and south Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under chg |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under Fgui |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
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