Latin name: Olea exasperata

Common name: Dune Olive

Abbr: Oex

Taxonomy: Oleaceae/Oleeae/Olea

References : NCBI:txid495751

Introduction: This is a bushy, evergreen, medium-sized shrub, 1–2 m tall, or small tree, with a rounded crown that can grow up to 7 m tall under favourable conditions. It is commonly multiple-stemmed, causing it to have a shrubby appearance. The leaves are opposite, linear-oblong in shape, 30–70 mm long and 3–10 mm wide, broadest in the upper two thirds, tending to curl downwards towards the midrib; with an entire margin. They are thinly leathery and glossy, dark green on the upper surface and dull green on the under surface, with tiny indentations on both surfaces of the leaf. The bark is greyish brown with young branchlets (a small branch or division of a branch) that are 4-angled, with very visible white lenticels (one of many raised pores in the stem of a woody plant) and prominent leaf scars.

Distribution: South African

Information sources: PlantZAfrica