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False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

False Olive (Phillyrea angustifolia)

Description

It is a woody plant that can reach a height of 6-7 m. The leaves are simple, opposite, evergreen. They are thinner and have less secondary ribs than the leaves of P. latifolia The flowers are dioecious small, white, with 4 sepals and 4 petals gathered partially in a short tube. The flowers are collected in short axillary bunches. The fruits are fleshy drupes black when ripe, vaguely similar to olives but smaller, rounder and gathered in clusters.

Taxonomic tree

Domain: Eukarya
- Kingdom: Plantae
- - Phylum:
  - - Class: Magnoliopsida
    - - Order: Lamiales
      - Family: Oleaceae
        
        Genus: Phillyrea