Olax imbricataRoxb.

olax

WFO wfo-0001271470 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Olax imbricata, photographed by S.MORE
fig. a S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / 2015-04-15 / obs. 60593443
Olax imbricata, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. b Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 125018215
Olax imbricata, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. c Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 124502303
Olax imbricata, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. d Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60830911
Olax imbricata, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. e Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 125018195
Olax imbricata, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. f Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 124502309
Olax imbricata, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. g Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60830914
Olax imbricata, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. h Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 125018208

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Native range 22 botanical countries

Regions where Olax imbricata is native: Hainan, Taiwan, Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, Caroline Is. HainanTaiwanBangladeshBorneoCambodiaIndiaJawaLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNew GuineaPhilippinesSolomon Is.Sri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnam Andaman Is.Nicobar Is.Caroline Is.
Native distribution of Olax imbricata, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
India IND
Jawa JAW
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Nicobar Is. NCB
Philippines PHI
Solomon Is. SOL
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
Hainan CHH ASIA-TEMPERATE
Taiwan TAI
Caroline Is. CRL PACIFIC

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 13 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • 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

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol OLIM. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.