Olive family
OLEACEAE in Australia
ASTERIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com ) & Christine Ashe

link to Flowers in Australia

Chionanthus retusus Chinese Fringe Tree Concord, December 2008	Fraxinus griffithii Evergreen Ash Concord, March 2007	Fraxinus pensylvanica Green Ash Wyee, November 2008	Jasminum mesneyi Yellow Jasmine Sydney, August 2006
Jasminum polyanthum Pink Jasmine Sydney, August 2006	Jasminum sambac Arabian Jasmine courtesy of Concord Florist	Ligustrum lucidum Large Leaf Privet Sydney, October 2006	Ligustrum vulgare European Privet Concord, May 2007

Olea europaea Olive Sydney, October 2006

Osmanthus fragrans Heaven Scent Wyee, August 2008

Some species in OLEACEAE have been used as the foodplant by caterpillars of a number of species of Australian Butterflies and Moths, for example:

Netrocoryne repanda

Psilogramma casuarinae

Psilogramma increta

Palpita annulata

Palpita unionalis

Craniophora fasciata

Ischyja manlia

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Australian butterflies

Plant Classes

Australian moths

(updated 19 February 2011)