Common name: Native Olive
Notelaea microcarpa R.Br. APNI* 
Description: Crooked tree to 10 m high, sometimes multistemmed; branches pubescent or velvety when young; axillary buds 2–4, pointed, pubescent or velvety.
Leaves lanceolate to narrow-elliptic, 2–15 cm long, 3–30 mm wide, apex acute or obtuse and often apiculate, base cuneate to attenuate, margins entire; scattered punctate; venation raised and reticulate on upper surface, less so on lower surface.
Racemes 0.5–2 cm long, 9–13-flowered, finely pubescent especially towards the base or rarely ± glabrous. Calyx 0.3–0.6 mm long. Petals 1.4–2 mm long, greenish yellow, yellow or cream. Stamens 1–1.5 mm long.
Drupe globose, 5–10 mm long, fleshy, dark blue to purple.
Flowering: June–December
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in dry sclerophyll woodland and smaller patches of gully rainforest north from the Hunter valley.
NSW subdivisions: NC, NT, ST, NWS, CWS, NWP
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by D. W. Hardin
Taxon concept:
| | Key to the varieties | |
| 1 | Leaves glabrous or with only scattered hairs on both surfaces | var. microcarpa |
| Leaves velvety, especially on lower surface | var. velutina |
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