Olacaceae
Olax
Olax imbricata
- Family
- Olacaceae
- Genus
- Olax
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- أولاكس متراكب
- Chinese
- 菲律宾铁青树, 菲律賓鐵青樹, 铁青树, 青骨藤, 孟加拉铁青树, 鐵青樹, 乌牛花
- English
- Olax
Synonyms
- Fissilia psittacorum Blanco
- Olax laxiflora Ridl.
- Olax loranthiformis Griff.
- Olax lucida B.Heyne ex Wall.
- Olax merguensis Planch. ex Mast.
- Olax multiflora Ridl.
- Olax multiflora Rich. ex Baill.
- Olax phoenicarpa Roxb. ex Voigt
- Olax rosea Ridl.
- Olax seminifera Valeton
- Olax sphaerocarpa Griff.
- Olax wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn.
- Pseudaleia longistylis Hassk. ex Valeton
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.