Tetrapilus dioicus(Roxb.) L.A.S.Johnson

WFO wfo-0000819187 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Tetrapilus dioicus, photographed by S.MORE
fig. a S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / 2020-03-09 / obs. 64400539
Tetrapilus dioicus, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. b Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 65983371
Tetrapilus dioicus, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. c Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 141822035
Tetrapilus dioicus, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. d Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 151153077
Tetrapilus dioicus, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. e Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 200445546
Tetrapilus dioicus, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. f Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 134326987
Tetrapilus dioicus, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. g Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 134031595
Tetrapilus dioicus, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. h Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 134245189

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Native range 4 botanical countries

Regions where Tetrapilus dioicus is native: Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal BangladeshIndiaMyanmarNepal
Native distribution of Tetrapilus dioicus, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Bangladesh BAN ASIA-TROPICAL
India IND
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP

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 3 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.

  • Olea dioica Roxb.
  • Olea laevis Stokes
  • Picricarya oppositifolia Dennst.

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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