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common name
Olive tree
scientific name
Olea europeae
family
origin
type
Oleaceae
Southern Europe, Asia Minor
Tree
leafes
Opposite leaves, coriaceous, simple, whole, elliptic-lanceolate, with short petiole and whole margin, often revolved.
flowers
The flowers of the olive are small, white and unscented, hermaphrodite, composed of calyx (4 sepals), corolla (4 petals joined at the base), gyneceous and androceous, appear towards the end of May.
fruits/berries
The fruit is a globose drupe, ellipsoidal or ovoidal, at times asymmetrical. It consists of a "fleshy" part (pulp) containing oil and a woody and wrinkled core.
height
Up to 15m
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