Notelaea longifolia
Large Mock-olive
Large Mock-olive
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Common name: Large Mock-olive
Also long-leaved-olive
Conservation status: . . .
Etymology:
New Latin, from not- + Greek elaia olive tree
Longifolia: from longi- (Latin) meaning long and -folia (Latin) meaning leaf
Flowers:
Pale yellow flowers usually form between April and October on racemes at the leaf axils
Racemes are 2 cm long
Fruit:
Fruit matures from November to March
Being a dark blue or black fleshy drupe 10 to 16 mm long with a single pointed or egg shaped seed, 8 to 12 mm long
Regeneration from fresh seed is slow, taking up to a year
Leaves:
Leaves variable in size and shape
Some narrow lanceolate, others lanceolate and some a broad ovate shape
3 to 16 cm long, 1 to 6 cm wide
Sometimes with a prominent tip, other times blunt
Leaves gradually tapering at the stem end
Dark green above, duller below, stiff and dry to touch
Leaf stalks absent or up to 8 mm long
Leaves veiny, but net veins are irregular and not as distinct as in Notelaea venosa
Stem & branches:
The trunk is often crooked, the crown wide and dense
Grey brown bark is scaly, fissured and hard
Branchlets have small pale lenticels, otherwise pale brown and slender
Roots:
Habit:
A very common shrub or small tree
Usually a shrub is around 3 m tall
Occasionally it can be up to 9 m tall, with a trunk diameter of 30 cm
Habitat:
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Distribution:
Eastern Australia
In or adjacent to rainforest from Mimosa Rocks National Park (37° S) to Bamaga (11° S) in far north Queensland
Additional notes:
An attractive ornamental plant
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