Family: Celastraceae
False olive is a fast-growing tree that will mature to 25 feet tall. FIt has a dense crown, rounded in shape. A perfect street tree, the roots are not intrusive and it drops no litter.
Plant Uses:
- Medicinal
- Ornamental
- Privacy / screening
- Specimen
- Windbreak
- Woodworking
Plant Dangers:
- No dangers
High Risk Traits:
- Highly suited to tropical/subtropical climates
- Grows in multiple habitat types (moist lowland and hill forests)
- Tolerates full sun to partial shade
- Tolerates sandy to clayey soils
- Intentionally planted as an ornamental
- Produces fleshy fruits adapted for bird dispersal
- Seeds survive gut passage
- Produces viable seed
Low Risk Traits:
- Not naturalized elsewhere
- Not a garden, agricultural, or environmental weed
- No spines, thorns, or burrs
- No evidence of toxicity, allelopathy, or parasitism
- Roots are non-aggressive
