Chionanthus ramiflorus, commonly known in Australia as northern olive or native olive, is a species of plants in the olive family Oleaceae.

Linociera ramiflora. (Roxb.) Wall. (1831). This name is a synonym of. Chionanthus ramiflorus Roxb. (1820). Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class ...

family Oleaceae, Oleaceae, olive family - trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ...

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name: Green, P.S. (2006). World Checklist of Oleaceae Manuscript Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Linociera macrophylla Wall. ex DC., ; Prodr. 8: 297 (1844). = Chionanthus ramiflorus. Related Links (opens in a new window). Other Databases.

Linociera macrophylla var. attenuata (Wall. ex G.Don) C.B.Clarke. synonym, Linociera macrophylla Wall. ex G.Don. synonym, Linociera oblonga Wall. ex G.Don.

The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Asia to N. Queensland. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Small trees, sometimes up to 10 m high or forest trees up to 30 m high; ultimate twigs short, usually with 2 pairs of leaves, glabrous or tomentulose.

This is the interpretation of the species as published in The Plant List with literature. To view GBIFs view on this species see the backbone version.