Species information Abo ut Reso urces Hom e A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Olea paniculata Click on images to enlarge Family Oleaceae Scientific Name Olea paniculata R.Br. Brown, R. (1810) Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae : 523. Type: (J. T.) v.v., Port Jackson(?). Common name Flowers. Copyright T. Hawkes Marblewood; Olive, Australian; Olive, Native; Native Olive; Marble-wood; Ironwood; Clove Berry; Australian Olive; Pigeonberry Ash; Marvey; Maulwood; Ash, Pigeonberry Stem Blaze darkening on exposure. Blaze odour may resemble that of cucumber (Cucumis sativus). Leaves Flowers. Copyright T. Hawkes Leaf blades about 5-10 x 2-4.5 cm. Lateral veins forming loops inside the blade margin. Domatia are small foveoles often with hairs around the orifice. Pale coloured lenticels usually obvious on the twigs. Flowers Calyx tube + lobes about 1-1.5 mm long, lobes about 0.2-0.4 mm long. Corolla lobes about 2-3 x 1.7 mm. Pollen yellow. Ovary about 1 mm long. Stigma pale green, globular. Ovules 2 per locule, pendulous from the apex of the ovary. Fruit Flowers. Copyright Barry Jago Fruits ovoid, about 10-16 x 8-12 mm. Endocarp hard, ovoid, about 10-14 x 6-8 mm and about 0.6-1.7 mm thick. Seedlings Cotyledons elliptic, about 16-29 x 15-18 mm. At the tenth leaf stage: leaf blade elliptic to obovate, apex acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous on the upper surface, domatia are small crater-like foveoles usually hairy inside; petiole and stem clothed in pale, flat scales often extending along the midrib on the undersurface of the leaf blade. Seed germination time 37 to 72 days. Distribution and Ecology Occurs in CYP, NEQ, CEQ and southwards to coastal central New South Wales. Altitudinal range from near Leaves and fruits. Copyright CSIRO sea level to 900 m. Grows in well developed rain forest but tends to be more common in drier, more seasonal rain forest. Also occurs in Malesia and the Pacific islands. Natural History & Notes Fruit eaten by several species of birds. Cooper & Cooper (1994). Tree X Fruit, side views, transverse section and seed. Copyright W. Synonyms T. Cooper Olea thozettii Pancher & Sebert, Notice sur les Bois de la Nouvelle Caledonie : 183(1874), Type: Rockhampton (province de Queensland, Australie), par M. Thozet. RFK Code 408 CC-BY Australian Tropical Herbarium unless otherwise indicated in the images. Scale bar 10mm. Copyright CSIRO 10th leaf stage. Copyright CSIRO Cotyledon stage, epigeal germination. Copyright CSIRO.