Olea capensis subsp. capensis flowers
Author: Ivan Lätti
Photographer: Thabo Maphisa
The bisexual Olea capensis subsp. capensis flowers are small, white or cream and fragrant. The four petals have pointed tips that recurve around the corolla mouth in mature flowers; in picture still spreading.
The upper inflorescence branches are four-angled and ridged (Venter, 2011; Coates Palgrave, 2002; Van Wyk and Van Wyk, 1997).