Olea paniculataR.Br.

WFO wfo-0000817137 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Olea paniculata, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. a Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-06-11 / obs. 205057832
Olea paniculata, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. b Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 205303366
Olea paniculata, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. c Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 203459084
Olea paniculata, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. d Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 195467685
Olea paniculata, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. e Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 188448554
Olea paniculata, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. f Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 187029380
Olea paniculata, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. g Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 186691125
Olea paniculata, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. h Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 177597751

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Native range 19 botanical countries

Regions where Olea paniculata is native: China South-Central, Bismarck Archipelago, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, West Himalaya, New South Wales, Norfolk Is., Queensland, New Caledonia, Vanuatu China South-CentralBismarck ArchipelagoIndiaJawaLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNepalNew GuineaPakistanSri LankaThailandWest HimalayaNew South WalesQueenslandNew Caledonia Norfolk Is.Vanuatu
Native distribution of Olea paniculata, 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
Bismarck Archipelago BIS ASIA-TROPICAL
India IND
Jawa JAW
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
New Guinea NWG
Pakistan PAK
Sri Lanka SRL
Thailand THA
West Himalaya WHM
New South Wales NSW AUSTRALASIA
Norfolk Is. NFK
Queensland QLD
New Caledonia NWC PACIFIC
Vanuatu VAN
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE

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 8 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.

  • Ligustrum neoebudicum Guillaumin
  • Linociera lauterbachii Lingelsh.
  • Linociera yunnanensis H.T.Chang
  • Olea bournei Fyson
  • Olea glandulifera Wall. ex G.Don
  • Olea glandulifera Desf.
  • Olea glandulosa DC.
  • Olea thozettii Pancher & Sebert

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. 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.

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