Flora of the Western Indian Ocean

The olive (botanical name Olea europaea, "European olive") is a species of subtropical evergreen tree in the family Oleaceae. Originating in Asia Minor, it is abundant throughout the Mediterranean Basin, with wild subspecies in Africa and western Asia; modern cultivars are traced primarily to the Near East, Aegean Sea, and Strait of Gibraltar. The olive is the type species for its genus, Olea, and lends its name to the Oleaceae plant family, which includes lilac, jasmine, forsythia, and ash. The olive fruit is classed botanically as a drupe, similar in structure and function to the cherry or p

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Latania, commonly known as latan palm or latania palm, is a genus of flowering plant in the palm tree family, native to the Mascarene Islands in the western Indian Ocean.

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Ravenea is a genus of 20 known species of palms, all native to Madagascar and the Comoros. It is not to be confused with Ravenala, a genus of superficially palm-like plants also from Madagascar.

Phyllarthron is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bignoniaceae. Its native range is the Comoros and Madagascar.

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Nastus is a genus of slender, erect, scrambling or climbing bamboos in the grass family Poaceae. It includes 12 species native to Madagascar and Réunion.

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Operculicarya (also Operculicaria) is a plant genus in the family Anacardiaceae, native to Madagascar, the Comoro Islands, and Aldabra. They are small dioecious pachycaul trees which mainly grow in dry, rocky areas.

Camptocarpus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apocynaceae.

Labramia is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1844. De Candolle initially named the genus Delastrea, which is a homonym for an older fungus name by Tulasne, so De Candolle changed the name to Labramia in the appendix to the same book.

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Dicoryphe is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Hamamelidaceae. It includes 13 species native to Madagascar and Mayotte.

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Labourdonnaisia is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae, which was described as a genus in 1841. It is native to the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, and Réunion in the western Indian Ocean.

Poupartia is a genus of plant in family Anacardiaceae. From the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues, and Réunion, all in the Indian Ocean.

Paracephaelis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae.

Lagrezia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae.

Molinaea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.

Gagnebina is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It includes five species native to the islands of the Western Indian Ocean – Aldabra, Comoros, Madagascar, and Mauritius. Gagnebina bakoliae – Madagascar Gagnebina calcicola – western Madagascar Gagnebina commersoniana – Madagascar Gagnebina microcephala – northeastern Madagascar and Aldabra Gagnebina pterocarpa – Comoros, northern and northwestern Madagascar, and Mauritius

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Tambourissa is a genus of plant in family Monimiaceae. Its range includes Madagascar, the Comoro Islands, Réunion, and Mauritius. It contains the following accepted species, according to ThePlantList.org:

Humbertacalia is a genus of plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. It includes 12 species native to Madagascar (12 species) and Réunion (one species) in the western Indian Ocean.

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Stephanodaphne is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Thymelaeaceae.

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Viguieranthus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It includes 18 species of trees and shrubs native to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. 17 species are endemic to Madagascar, and one (Viguieranthus subauriculatus) also extends to the Comoros. Typical habitats are tropical lowland and submontane humid forest and seasonally-dry woodland, thicket, and scrubland. Viguieranthus alternans Viguieranthus ambongensis Viguieranthus brevipennatus Viguieranthus cylindricostachys Viguieranthus densinervus V

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Maillardia is a genus of plant in family Moraceae.

Afrocayratia is a genus of flowering plants in the grapevine family Vitaceae. Its species are found in tropical and southern Africa, Yemen, Mayotte, and Madagascar. It was split off from the non-monophyletic genus Cayratia in 2020.