Aextoxicaceae

Olivillo

Aextoxicon punctatum Ruiz & Pav.

Family: Aextoxicaceae
Genus: Aextoxicon

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Olivillo (Aextoxicon punctatum) — FlowerPhoto: Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (13)

Belarusian: Aextoxicon
Chinese: 鳞枝树
Croatian: Aextoxicon
Dutch: Aextoxicon
English: Olivillo
Estonian: Olivillopuu
French: Aextoxicacées, Olivillo
Japanese: アエクストキシコン科
Korean: 올리빌로
Polish: Aextoxicaceae
Russian: Экстоксикон
Spanish: Olivillo, Teque Muerto, Tique
Ukrainian: Аекстоксікон

Flowers

In flower: May to June, November (from 39 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Nicolás Lavandero, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Aira Francisca Faúndez Fallau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Aira Francisca Faúndez Fallau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Pato Novoa, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: dassori paul, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Constanza Vargas Villegas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Pato Novoa, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Pato Novoa, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: nitsuga74, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Pato Novoa, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.