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Olea europaea

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Olea europaea is a large evergreen shrub of the OLEACEAE family. In its native state, it is a multistemmed evergreen tree, 6–9 m high, with equal or slightly less spread. The trunk is massive, especially in older plantings; gray, gnarled, bumpy, and contorted. Most trees have round, spreading crowns, but tall, cylindrical trees are grown in some parts of Italy, and trees may be trellised in intensive plantings. Leaves are 7.5 cm long, narrow, opposite, lanceolate or linear, with entire margins and acute tips, silver-green, underside lighter. Small creamy white flowers are borne in inflorescences of 15 flowers in axillary clusters of 1-year wood; blooms in spring. Trees produced flowers in 2–3 years, but seedlings have a long juvenile period. Most flowers undergo pistil abortion, leaving only one to two fruits per axil at harvest.

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(2005). Olea europaea. In: Medicinal Plants of the World, Volume 3. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-887-8_10

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