. . "Phillyrea is a genus of two species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae, native to the Mediterranean region, and naturalized in the Canary Islands and Madeira.They are evergreen shrubs or small trees growing to 3\u20139 m tall, related to Ligustrum, Olea and Osmanthus. The leaves are in opposite pairs, small, leathery, ovate to lanceolate, 2\u20136 cm long and 0.5\u20132 cm broad. The flowers are small, greenish-white, produced in short clusters. The fruit is a drupe containing a single seed."@en . . . . . . . .