Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata (Wall. & G.Don) Cif.

 
  • Family : OLEACEAE
    (Olive Or Jasmine Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : MOGRA FAMILY (मोगरा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Oleaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Linociera lebrunii Staner; Olea africana Mill.; Olea asiatica Desf.; Olea aucheri A.Chev. ex Ehrend.; Olea chrysophylla Lam.; Olea cuspidata Wall. ex G.Don; Olea europaea subsp. africana (Mill.) P.S.Green; Olea europaea f. dulcis Collen.; Olea ferruginea Royle; Olea indica Kleinhof ex Burm.f.; Olea kilimandscharica Knobl.; Olea monticola Gand.; Olea schimperi Gand.; Olea similis Burch.; Olea somaliensis Baker; Olea subtrinervata Chiov.; Olea verrucosa (Willd.) Link
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata (Wall. & G.Don) Cif.
  • Common name : Brown Olive, Wild olive
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kahu, Kan, Kao, Bairbanj (Himachal)
    • Julipe (Kannada)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Comments / notes : Brown Olive is an evergreen tree usually growing 2-10 m tall, but occasionally reaching up to 15 m in height; Flowering occurs mostly during spring.
  • Key identification features : Leaves with narrow ends, obtuse or subacute or even cuspidate at apex, coriaceous, lower surface with circular, peltate and toothed scales. Flowers small, bisexual, in panicles, petals deeply divided. Drupes ellipsoid, green when immature and turn purplish-black in color as they mature. These fruit, 1.5-3 cm long and 0.6-2 cm wide, have a single stone in the centre surrounded by oily flesh.
  • Flower, Fruit : December-March
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru Urban district, Bengaluru Rural district
    • Maharashtra : Maharashtra
    • Uttarakhand : Rudraprayag district
    • Himachal Pradesh : Kullu district
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Afghanistan, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Provinces, China South-Central, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Iran, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Rwanda, Réunion,
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Literature :
    • Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 180
    • N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India
    • K.Ravikumar, A.C.Tangavelou, & Navendu Page. (2021). Seed plants of Karnataka, India: A concise dictionary. FRLHT-TDU, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), Chennai.
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Olea europaea subsp cuspidata
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Olea europaea subsp cuspidata. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.

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