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Oleaceae

 7-Syringa inflorescences

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There are many cultivars of the common lilac (Syringa vulgaris). This image is of S. vulgaris 'Christopher Columbus'. In Syringa, as well as in Forsythia, the leaves are simple and opposite.
Photo by K. R. Robertson at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University.
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