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Common Name: Olive Bush

Botanical Names:

Bontia Daphnoides

Family: Scrophulariaceae

Other Names:

Aceituna Americana
Mang Blanc
Mangle
Mangle Bobo
Oliba
Olivier Bord De Mer
White Alling
Wild Olive

Origin: Trinidad, Caribbean, Northern South America

Duration: Perennial

Habit: Shrubby, Woody

Hardiness: Hardy

Olive Bush

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TT$45.00

Quantity

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Top Diameter: 5"

Height: 8"
Light Conditions:

Full Sun to Partial Shade. It is recommended not to put in too much shade.

Soil:

Well-drained or seasonally waterlogged soil that is poor, medium or rich in nutrients. Reported to be grown in the wild, in gardens or near coastlines.

Can withstand saline in the soil enabling it to grow on sandy beaches, coastal thickets, inner edges of mangroves, salt marshes or spiny shrublands.
Some of the ecological benefits of olive bush include:

Windbreak

Control of coastland erosion (dune stabilisation)

Revegetation

Habitat for wildlife

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