Notelaea microcarpa is a bush or small crooked tree from the olive family, found in eastern Australia. Two varieties are recognised; var. microcarpa, the velvet mock olive and var. velutina known as the gorge mock olive.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Small-fruited mock 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
- Denhamia pittosporoides
- Notelaea linearis
- Acacia fasciculifera
- Denhamia silvestris
- Notelaea lloydii
- Nectandra angustifolia
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Genus
- Notelaea
- Species
- Notelaea microcarpa
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