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Olea europaea subsp. europaea Rozier ex Roem. & Schult.

European olive (en), Olivier d'Europe (fr)

Subspecies

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Oleaceae > Olea > Olea europaea

Characteristics

Trees to 10 m. Branchlets and leaf blade abaxially densely silvery-gray lepidote. Leaf blades narrowly elliptic to elliptic, rarely narrowly ovate, 1.5-9 × 0.5-2 cm, apex acute to acuminate, mucronate. Panicles axillary or subterminal, 2-4 cm. Flowers bisexual or functionally unisexual. Drupe ellipsoid, 2-4 cm, mesocarp thick and fleshy. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Jun-Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread endozoochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 10.0
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AprMayJun
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OctNovDec
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Astringent (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified), Debility (unspecified), Fever (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 120
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
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Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) 20 - 34
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Distribution

Olea europaea subsp. europaea world distribution map, present in Angola, Albania, Bermuda, China, Cyprus, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, France, Greece, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Palau, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Portugal, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tunisia, Taiwan, Province of China, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77172513-1
WFO ID wfo-0000834630
COL ID 5JZ3T
BDTFX ID 119864
INPN ID 159745
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Olea atrorubens Olea regia Olea racemosa Olea gallica Olea angulosa Olea cayana Olea argentata Olea amygdalina Olea alba Olea lorentii Olea longifolia Olea obliqua Olea praecox Olea polymorpha Olea sylvestris Olea ferruginea Olea oleaster Olea odorata Olea oblonga Phillyrea lorentei Olea variegata Olea sphaerica Olea craniomorpha Olea brevifolia Olea bifera Olea cajetana Olea officinarum Olea hispanica Olea lancifolia Olea europaea var. sylvestris Olea europaea subsp. sylvestris Olea europaea subsp. europaea
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