Oleaceae

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Oleaceae are a family containing 24 genera and around 600 species of shrubs, trees and occasionally vines. As shrubs, members of this family may be twine climbers, or scramblers.

Many members of the family are economically significant. The olive (Olea europaea) is important for its fruit and the oil extracted from it, the ashes (Fraxinus) are valued for tough wood, and forsythia, lilacs, jasmines, osmanthuses, privets, and fringetrees are valued as ornamental plants in gardens and landscaping.

See Oleaceae - Wikipedia