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Wild Vegetables: Morphology, Phytochemistry and Utility - (Part 2)

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Wild Vegetables of the Family Oleaceae

Author(s): Ganesh Chandrakant Nikalje*, Apurva Chonde*, Sudhakar Srivastava* and Penna Suprasanna *

Pp: 94-96 (3)

DOI: 10.2174/9798898810009125010015

* (Excluding Mailing and Handling)

Abstract

The Oleaceae family is distinctive, typically consisting of trees or shrubs (rarely lianas), usually featuring peltate secretory trichomes and opposite leaves. Their inflorescences are typically cymes or solitary flowers (Green 2004). It consists of 25 genera and 688 species (Huang et al., 2019). Some members are a valuable source of healthy fats like oleic acid. However, it may also contain a bitter compound i.e. oleuropein. 

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