2131.000 Olax L.

Description of the genus

Shrubs or small trees. Leaves distichous. Calyx accrescent. Flowers axillary, either solitary or in short racemes. Petals 3 or 5(-6), glabrous within. Stamens 3-6; staminodes 3-6. Ovary superior. Fruit a drupe.

Worldwide: 25 species in the Old World tropics and South Africa

Botswana: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
dissitiflora Oliv.	N	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Olax:

Our websites:

Flora of Caprivi: Olax
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Olax
Flora of Malawi: Olax
Flora of Mozambique: Olax
Flora of Zambia: Olax
Flora of Zimbabwe: Olax

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Olax
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Olax
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Olax
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Olax
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Olax
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Olax
JSTOR Plant Science: Olax
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Olax
Plants of the World Online: Olax
Tropicos: Olax
Wikipedia: Olax

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Botswana: Genus page: Olax.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=506, retrieved 18 April 2024

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