St Helena olive  (Nesiota elliptica)

Range

Endemic to the remote island of St Helena in the southern Atlantic Ocean, this species became very rare in the 19th Century (2). It was then believed to be extinct until a single tree was found in 1977; with the death of this specimen in 1994, however, the species was lost from the wild (2). Despite tenacious attempts to cultivate cuttings from this plant, success was limited and in 2004 the St Helena olive went extinct (1).

Habitat

Formerly found on the highest points of the eastern central ridge (2).

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