Scientific Name: Notelaea ligustrina

Common Name: native olive

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Oleaceae

Form Description: Tall shrub or sturdy tree.

Height (m): 3 – 10

Flowers: Tiny white or green 4-petalled flowers in much-branched clusters in axils.

Fruit: Drupe – olive-shaped, 1cm x 8mm, green at first, becoming yellow or pink and then dark purple. Not often seen.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral CoastCentral HighlandsCircular HeadDerwent ValleyDevonportDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayGlenorchyHobartHuon ValleyKentishKing IslandKingboroughLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSorellSouthern MidlandsTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Riparian
Habitat Notes

Widespread along river banks and on moist shady hillsides. Also found in rocky gullies.

Site Tolerance

Moist, Rocky, Shady

Soil Tolerance

Fertile, Loam, Well-drained

General Notes

An adaptable, slow-growing plant. Bird attracting.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Seed, Cuttings

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Flowers early spring, sometimes autumn and sometimes at other times – this could affect seed collection times.

Seed Treatment Method

Standard Scatter seed thinly on to damp potting mix. Hold seed in place by covering with more potting mix to approximately the depth of the seed size.

Seed Treatment Notes

Remove flesh from the very large seed before sowing.

Cutting & Division Information

Can be propagated from cuttings.