Picconia DC.

Type species: Picconia excelsa (Aiton) DC. (basionym: Olea excelsa Aiton, Notelaea excelsa (Aiton) Webb & Berthel.)

Synonyms: Henslowia

Distribution: Macaronesia

Number of species: 2

Description (from Turland 1994): Like Olea but a larger-growing tree (-15 m), glabrous except for bracts; young twigs and undersides of leaves smooth, not scaly; leaves simple, coriaceous, shortly petiolate; inflorescence a short axillary raceme, initially bracteate, not scaly; calyx ± flat, with 4 triangular lobes, white; fruit (drupe) ripening through red to dark bluish violet, with bluish-pruinose surface.

Link to species lists

• Picconia extracted from the Flora Europaea database.
• Picconia extracted from the GRIN database

Images

• Picconia excelsa
• Picconia azorica

References

• Raquel, C. F. et al. 2011. Phylogeography and conservation perspectives of an endangered macaronesian endemic: Picconia azorica (Tutin) Knobl. (Oleaceae). European Journal of Forest Research 130(2): 181-195.
• Turland, N. J. 1994. Oleaceae p. 255-257, in: Flora of Madeira. Eds. J. R. Press & M. J. Short. London: HMSO.

Maintained by Eva Wallander | Last updated: 2014-06-21