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Oleaceae

Flowers: Perfect or imperfect and the plants dioecious; actinomorphic; 4-merous; 2 stamens; filaments attached to corolla tube; carpels 2; ovary superior, 2-locular with 2 axile ovules in each locule

Inflorescences: Racemes or panicles

Fruits: Berry, capsule, drupe, or samara

Habit: Trees and shrubs

Leaves: Opposite, simple or pinnately compound, no stipules

Examples:
Chionanthus (fringe tree)
Forsythia
Fraxinus (ash)
Jasminum grandiflorum (jasmine)
Ligustrum (privet)
Olea europea (olive)
Syringa (lilac)