Oleaceae
Madagascar olive
Noronhia emarginata
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Genus
- Noronhia
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Madagascar olive
Synonyms
- Linociera flavicans Vahl
- Noronhia binia Roem. & Schult.
- Noronhia chartacea Stadman ex Hook.
- Noronhia emarginata var. garcinioides H.Perrier
- Notelaea flavicans (Vahl) A.Dietr.
- Olea emarginata Lam.
- Thouinia flavida Soy.-Will.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: andreh, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: André Hyvrier, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Ewann SCHOLLER, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Ewann SCHOLLER, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Sylvie d., CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: patrick Le Dall, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
More in Noronhia
- Noronhia foveolataOleaceae
- Noronhia oleariaOleaceae
- Noronhia africanaOleaceae
- Noronhia alleizetteiOleaceae
- Noronhia ambrensisOleaceae
- Water pock-ironwoodNoronhia battiscombeiOleaceae
- Noronhia boinensisOleaceae
- Noronhia boiviniiOleaceae
- Noronhia brevitubaOleaceae
- Noronhia broomeanaOleaceae
- Noronhia buxifoliaOleaceae
- Noronhia camptoneuraOleaceae
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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.