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Oleaceae is the olive plant family. It includes woody shrubs, trees and vines, and is characterized by opposite leaves that may be simple or pinnately-compound. Calyx and corolla are four-lobed.
Many members of the family are economically important. The olive, Olea europaeae, is extremely important for its fruit and the oil extracted from it. The ashes, genus Fraxinus, are valued as shade trees, and Forsythia, lilac, jasmine, and fringe tree[?] are all valued as landscaping plants.
Olive family
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Scrophulariales†
Family: Oleaceae Genera
Chionanthus[?] fringe tree
Foresteria[?] swamp-privet
Forsythia
Fraxinus ash tree
Jasminum jasmine
Ligustrum privet
Olea olive
Osmanthus[?] devil-wood
Syringa lilac
† Some botanists include
the Oleaceae
in the order Lamiales.