Chionanthus ramiflorus, commonly known in Australia as northern olive or native olive, is a species of plant in the olive family Oleaceae. It is native to the regions from India and Nepal, through southern China and South East Asia to the Australian state of Queensland.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Native Olive being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Sapindus oahuensis
- Sideroxylon foetidissimum
- Pleioluma queenslandica
- Acronychia oblongifolia
- Olea dioica
- Ixora timorensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Genus
- Chionanthus
- Species
- Chionanthus ramiflorus
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