Bontia
| Bontia | |
|---|---|
| Flower of cultivated specimen of Bontia daphnoides growing at Oʻahu | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Tribe: | Myoporeae |
| Genus: | Bontia L. |
| Species: | B. daphnoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Bontia daphnoides | |
| Synonyms | |
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Bontia daphnoides, commonly known as wild olive or white alling, is the only species of the flowering plant genus Bontia in the family Scrophulariaceae. It is a shrub or small tree growing on many Caribbean islands both as a wild plant and cultivated in gardens.