Latin name: Phillyrea latifolia

Common name: ---

Abbr: Pla

Taxonomy: Oleaceae/Oleeae/Phillyrea

References : NCBI:txid126558

Introduction: An evergreen shrub or small tree up to 15 or even 30 ft high; young branchlets and flower-stalks minutely downy. Leaves variable in size and shape, ovate or elliptic-ovate to lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 1⁄2 to 21⁄2 in. long, 3⁄8 to 11⁄2 in. wide, more or less dentate to serrate, serrulate, or entire, pointed at the apex, broadly tapered, rounded, or slightly heart-shaped at the base. Flowers dull greenish white, in short axillary clusters. Fruits blue-black, roundish or orange-shaped, 1⁄4 to 3⁄8 in. long.

Distribution: Native to the Mediterranean and southwest Asia.

Information sources: Trees and Shrubs Online