Maytenus cuzcoina
Maytenus oleoides
(Lam.) Loes. Species
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- Botanical name
- Maytenus oleoides
- Family
- Celastraceae
- Genus
- Maytenus
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Maytenus oleoides
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Maytenus oleoides but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Cassine oleifolia
Cassine oleoides
Celastrus laurinus
Celastrus oleifolius
Celastrus oleoides
Elaeodendron angustifolium
Elaeodendron laurinum
Elaeodendron obtusum
Embelia oleoides
Gymnosporia angustifolia
Gymnosporia laurina
Gymnosporia monococca
Maytenus angustifolia
Maytenus monococca
Scytophyllum angustifolium
Scytophyllum laurinum
Scytophyllum laurinum var. minus
Scytophyllum obtusum
Scytophyllum oleoides
Others in Maytenus
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