Oleaceae
Native olive
Chionanthus ramiflorus
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Genus
- Chionanthus
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 紅頭李欖, 红头李榄, 枝花李榄, 枝花流苏树, 黑皮插柚紫, 大花李榄, 大花流苏树, 柚柴
- English
- Native olive, Northern olive
- Malayalam
- വെള്ള എടലി
Synonyms
- Chionanthus effusiflorus F.Muell.
- Chionanthus intermedius (Wight) F.Muell.
- Chionanthus macrophyllus (Wall. ex G.Don) Blume
- Chionanthus macrophyllus var. attenuatus (C.B.Clarke) K.K.N.Nair & K.P.Janardh.
- Chionanthus palembanicus Miq.
- Chionanthus paniculatus (Roxb.) K.K.N.Nair & K.P.Janardh.
- Chionanthus paniculatus var. roxburghii (Spreng.) K.K.N.Nair & K.P.Janardh.
- Chionanthus pauciflorus (Wall. ex G.Don) Bennet & Raizada
- Chionanthus pauciflorus var. evolutior (C.B.Clarke) K.K.N.Nair & K.P.Janardh.
- Chionanthus pauciflorus var. palembanicus (Miq.) Bennet & Raizada
- Chionanthus picrophloius F.Muell.
- Chionanthus ramiflorus var. grandiflorus B.M.Miao
- Chionanthus ramiflorus var. palembanicus (Miq.) P.Daniel
- Chionanthus ramiflorus var. peninsularis K.Ravik. & Lakshm.
- Chionanthus ramiflorus var. ramiflorus
- Chionanthus roxburghii (Spreng.) S.K.Srivast. & S.L.Kapoor
- Chionanthus roxburghii var. intermedius (Wight) S.K.Srivast. & S.L.Kapoor
- Chionanthus tenuiflorus Wall. ex DC.
- Linociera cuminginna S.Vidal
- Linociera effusiflora F.Muell.
- Linociera intermedia Wight
- Linociera intermedia var. roxburghii (Spreng.) C.B.Clarke
- Linociera macrophylla Wall. ex G.Don
- Linociera macrophylla var. attenuata (Wall. & G.Don) C.B.Clarke
- Linociera macrophylla var. attenuata (Wall. ex G.Don) C.B.Clarke
- Linociera oblonga Wall. ex G.Don
- Linociera pauciflora (Wall. ex G.Don) C.B.Clarke
- Linociera pauciflora var. evolutior C.B.Clarke
- Linociera pauciflora var. palembanica (Miq.) C.B.Clarke
- Linociera picrophloia F.Muell.
- Linociera picrophloia (F.Muell.) F.M.Bailey
- Linociera ramiflora (Roxb.) Wall.
- Linociera ramiflora (Roxb.) Wall. ex G.Don
- Linociera ramiflora f. pubisepala L.C.Chia
- Linociera ramiflora var. grandiflora (B.M.Miao) B.M.Miao
- Mayepea cumingiana (S.Vidal) Merr.
- Mayepea intermedia (Wight) Kuntze
- Mayepea palembanica (Miq.) Kuntze
- Mayepea pauciflora (Wall. ex G.Don) Kuntze
- Mayepea picrophloia (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
and 8 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- January to February, May, July to August, November (from 30 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: coenobita, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Tony van Kampen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Kai Squires, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Owen Maddocks, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms 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.