Plant Details

Accepted name:: Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata (Wall. & G.Don) Cif. [Oleaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Olea europaea L.
Infraspecies:: 5

Olea europaea subsp. cerasiformis G.Kunkel & Sunding

Olea europaea subsp. guanchica P.Vargas, J.Hess, Muñoz Garm. & Kadereit

Olea europaea subsp. laperrinei (Batt. & Trab.) Cif.

Olea europaea subsp. maroccana (Greuter & Burdet) P.Vargas, J.Hess, Muñoz Garm. & Kadereit

Olea europaea subsp. europaea

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
!goms	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
!goms?	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
'itm	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
african olive	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
afrikanische olive	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
anireju	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
badda	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bair	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bair banj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bairbanj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bois d'olive noir	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
bois d'olive rouge	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
bois de cerf	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
brown olive	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ejars	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ejass	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ejerssa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
emdit	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
emitiet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
emitiot	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ethelei	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
euriepei	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ilnyirei	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
indian olive	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jerso	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jiemdet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kaavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kahu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kang'g	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kango	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kanongovandu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kao	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kao kahu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kau	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khona	Other	Ethnobot. Relevance of Weed Flora, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2016) Ethnobot. of Some Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011) Ethnomed. of Marghazar Valley, Pakistan (Yousufzai et al., 2010) Indig. Knwlg. of Med. Pl., Pakistan. (Khan et al., 2020) Indig. Uses of Pl. of Malakand, Pakistan (Habib-Ul-Hassan et al., 2015)
khuna	Other	Ethnomed. Uses of Edible Wild Fruits, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)
korosiondet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kou	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kovu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
larak	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lorien	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mohlware	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mokgware	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
molialundi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
motholoari	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
motlhare	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
motlhware	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muguma	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mutero	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muthamayu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muthata	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muthatha	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mutheru	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mutoba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mzeituni	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ol-oirien	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ol-orien	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
olerenit	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
olienhout	Other	Local, Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oliveira africana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oliveira brava de inhambane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
olivier de bourbon	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
olyfboom	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
olyfhout	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umhlwanti	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umnquma	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umnqumo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umquma	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wild olive	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Local, Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wilde olive	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wildeolyf	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wilder olbaum	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yemdid	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yemit	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yemtit	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yemut	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yernit	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
zertun	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
鬼柳树	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves, bark, roots		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
Leaves	Young leaves	Indig. Knwlg. of Med. Pl., Pakistan. (Khan et al., 2020)
fruit, leaves, whole plant		Ethnobot. of Some Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011)
Leaves, bark		Indig. Uses of Pl. of Malakand, Pakistan (Habib-Ul-Hassan et al., 2015)
Leaves, fruit		Ethnomed. Uses of Edible Wild Fruits, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)
Leaves, fruit		Ethnomed. of Marghazar Valley, Pakistan (Yousufzai et al., 2010)
leaves		Local, Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012)
bark		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 30 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Olea africana Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 4 (1768).
Olea chrysophylla Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 29 (1791).
Olea cuspidata Wall. ex G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 49 (1837).
Olea europaea subsp. africana (Mill.) P.S.Green Kew Bull. 34: 69 (1979).
Olea europaea var. nubica Schweinf. ex Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 18 (1902).
Olea ferruginea Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 267 (1835), nom. illeg.
Linociera lebrunii Staner Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 22: 244 (1932).
Olea asiatica Desf. Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 88 (1829), nom. nud.
Olea aucheri A.Chev. ex Ehrend. Anz. Österr. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 97: 156 (1960).
Olea chrysophylla var. aucheri A.Chev. Rev. Intern. Bot. Appl. Paris 28(303-304): 18 (1948).
Olea chrysophylla var. cuspidata (Wall. ex G.Don) A.Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 28: 18 (1948).
Olea chrysophylla var. ferruginea (Royle) A.Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 28: 18 (1948).
Olea chrysophylla var. nubica (Schweinf. ex Baker) A.Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 28: 18 (1948).
Olea chrysophylla var. somaliensis (Baker) A.Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 28: 18 (1948).
Olea chrysophylla var. subnuda R.E.Fr. Wiss. Erg. Schwed. Rhodesia-Kongo-Exp. 1911-1912, 1: 258 (1916).
Olea chrysophylla var. verrucosa (Willd.) A.Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 28: 19 (1948).
Olea europaea var. cuspidata (Wall. ex G.Don) Cif. Olivicoltore 19(5): 96 (1942).
Olea europaea f. dulcis Collen. Bot. Mag. (Kew Mag.) 5: 38 (1988), nom. illeg.
Olea europaea var. ferruginea (Royle) Cif. Oleaia 3-4: 3 (1950), nom. illeg.
Olea europaea var. verrucosa Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 1: 44 (1797).
Olea indica Kleinhof ex Burm.f. Fl. Indica: 6 (1768).
Olea kilimandscharica Knobl. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 200 (1934).
Olea monticola Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 58 (1918).
Olea sativa var. verrucosa (Willd.) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Pl. 1: 69 (1817).
Olea schimperi Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 58 (1918).
Olea similis Burch. Trav. S. Africa 1: 177 (1822), nom. superfl.
Olea somaliensis Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 18 (1902).
Olea subtrinervata Chiov. Atti Reale Accad. Italia, Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis. 11: 49 (1940).
Olea verrucosa (Willd.) Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 33 (1821).
Olea verrucosa var. brachybotrys DC. Prodr. 8: 285 (1844).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Olea africana Mill.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Olea africana Miller	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Olea chrysophylla	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Olea chrysophylla Lam.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Olea cuspidata Wall.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Olea cuspidata Wall. ex G.Don	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Olea cuspidata Wallich	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Olea europaea L. africana (Mill.)P.S.Green	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Olea europaea L. cuspidata (Wall. & G.Don)Cif.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Olea europaea L. nubica Schweinf. ex Baker	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Olea europaea L. subsp. africana (Mill) P.S. Green	Local, Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012)
Olea europaea L. subsp. africana (Mill.) P.S. Green	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Olea europaea L. subsp. africana (Mill.) P.S.Greene	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
Olea europaea L. subsp. africana (Mill.) PS.Green	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Olea europaea L. subsp. cuspidata (Wall. & G.Don) Cif.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015)
Olea europaea L. subsp. cuspidata (Wall. ex G. Don) Ci f.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Olea europaea ssp. africana (P. Miller) P.S. Green.	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata (Wall. & G.Don)Cif.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
Olea ferruginea L.	Ethnobot. of Some Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011)
Olea ferruginea Royle	Ethnobot. of Swat Valley, Pakistan (Ali et al., 2018) Ethnomed. of Marghazar Valley, Pakistan (Yousufzai et al., 2010) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Olea ferruginea Royle.	Ethnomed. Uses of Edible Wild Fruits, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015) Indig. Uses of Pl. of Malakand, Pakistan (Habib-Ul-Hassan et al., 2015)
Olea ferruginea Wall. ex Aitch.	Ethnobot. Relevance of Weed Flora, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2016) Indig. Knwlg. of Med. Pl., Pakistan. (Khan et al., 2020)

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