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Olea cuspidata Wallich ex G. Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 49. 1837; O. ferruginea Royle.

Shrubs or small trees 3-10 m. Branchlets and leaf blade abaxially rusty lepidote. Leaf blade narrowly lanceolate to narrowly oblong-elliptic, 3-10 1-2 cm, apex acuminate, cuspidate. Panicles axillary, 1-4 1-2 cm. Flowers bisexual. Drupe broadly ellipsoid or subglobose, 7-9 4-6 mm, mesocarp somewhat fleshy, thin. Fl. Apr-Aug, fr. Aug-Nov.

Woods, along rivers; 600-2800 m. Yunnan [Afghanistan, India, Kashmir, Nepal, Pakistan; E and S Africa, SW Asia].