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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cartrema americanum   FAMILY Oleaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Osmanthus americanus var. americanus   FAMILY Oleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Synopsis of American Cartrema (Oleaceae) (Nesom, 2012)

Cartrema americana

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 153-04-001:

Osmanthus americana   FAMILY Oleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Osmanthus americanus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Amarolea americana

 

COMMON NAME:
Devilwood, Wild Olive


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image of Cartrema americanum, Devilwood, Wild Olive

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_889

        

image of Cartrema americanum, Devilwood, Wild Olive

JK Marlow    jkm0501a_35

January    Greenville County    SC

In cultivation

Glossy evergreen lvs opposite (typically subopposite), oblanceolate to obovate, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Cartrema americanum, Devilwood, Wild Olive

Sam Pratt    sbp_021522_1221

February    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

Leaves are entire on the margin, 10-14cm long, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Cartrema americanum, Devilwood, Wild Olive

JK Marlow    jkm110320_166

March    Greenville County    SC

In cultivation

image of Cartrema americanum, Devilwood, Wild Olive

Alan S. Weakley    asw_618367500134995

April    Orange County    NC

North Carolina Botanical Garden

Flowers in short axillary panicles (rarely racemes), short-pedicellate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Cartrema americanum, Devilwood, Wild Olive

JK Marlow    jkm100413_008

April    Greenville County    SC

In cultivation

Calyx tube about 1mm long, lobes 0.5-1.5mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cartrema americanum   FAMILY Oleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Osmanthus americanus var. americanus   FAMILY Oleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Synopsis of American Cartrema (Oleaceae) (Nesom, 2012)
Cartrema americana

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 153-04-001:
Osmanthus americana   FAMILY Oleaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Osmanthus americanus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Amarolea americana

 

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993

Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: maritime forests and (in FL, GA, SC, and extreme s. NC) hammocks and other dry, sandy forests well inland, and reported southwards for wet habitats as well, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA & SC (uncommon in NC)

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Opposite or subopposite
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Spring
Creamy-white
Radially symmetrical
4-merous
4-lobed calyx
4-lobed campanulate corolla
Superior ovary
Mostly unisexual

Inflorescence a few-flowered axillary panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blue
Drupe

 

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