Olea europaea

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: eudicots • Cladus: core eudicots • Cladus: superasterids • Cladus: asterids • Cladus: euasterids I • Ordo: Lamiales • Familia: Oleaceae • Tribus: Oleeae • Genus: Olea • Species: Olea europaea L. (1753)

Olea europaea subsp. europaea

Photos

Trees

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  An old tree in Murviel-lès-Béziers.
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  Lisbon, Bela Vista
  (Portugal)
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  Revivim
  (Israel)
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  North Cyprus
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  Catalonia, Barcelona
  (Spain)
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  Southern Italy, Campania, cilentan municipality of Ascea
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  Catalonia, Serra de Castelltallat
  (Spain)
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  El Perelló
  (Spain)
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  Majorca, Village of Orient
  (Spain)
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  Young tree
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  Young tree Şarköy, Tekirdağ
  Turkey (country)
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  Almería, Alcolea
  (Spain)
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  Thasos
  (Greece)
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  Eboeia, Karystos
  (Greece)
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  Corfu
  (Greece)
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  (Greece)
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  (Greece)
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  Palma, Mallorca
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  Kobe
  (Japan)
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  Buenos Aires, Plaza de Mayo
  (Argentina)
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  Olive trees in Italy with a net to catch the olives

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  Botanic Natural Monument.This olive tree is older than 1.500 years, Kaštela, Croatia
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  Olive tree in the botanical garden of the Bodrum castle, Turkey
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  Olive trees in Israel
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  Avdou, Crete, Greece
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  Avdou, Crete, Greece

Bark

• Bark
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Leaves

• Foliage
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  Lisbon, Bela Vista
  (Portugal)
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  Karkur
  (Israel)
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  Provence, Le Barroux
  (France)
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  Losar de la Vera, Cáceres, Spain
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  Horta de Sant Joan, Catalonia, Spain

Flowers

• Flowers
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  Albatera (Alicante, Spain)
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  Porto de Mós
  (Portugal)
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  Friuli, San Daniele in Friuli
  (Italy)
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  Tempe, Arizona
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  Olea europaea flowers Closeup in Solana del Pino, Sierra Madrona, Spain
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  Olea europaea early fruits Closeup in Solana del Pino, Sierra Madrona, Spain
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  Chersonisos, Crete, Greece

Fruits

For prepared fruit for human consumption, see Olive

• Fruits
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  Trevi (PG), Umbria
  (Italy)

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  Trevi (PG), Umbria
  (Italy)

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  North Cyprus
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  Corsica
  (France)
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  Lisbon, Bela Vista
  (Portugal)
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  Thasos
  (Greece)
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  Sardinia, Villacidro
  (Italy)
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  Sardinia, Villacidro
  (Italy)
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  Camargue
  (France)
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  Ripening olives
  (Dead Sea) (Jordan)
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  Ripe olives (Lake Garda)
  (Italy)
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  Olives from Umbria, Italy
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  Lesbos (Greece)
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  Olea europaea - Museum specimen

Olive groves

• Olive groves
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  Wardija Ridge, Malta, approx. 1800 years old
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  Andalucía (Spain)
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  Andalucía (Spain)
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  Alpes-Maritimes, Levens
  (France)
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  Calabria
  (Italy)
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  Calabria
  (Italy)
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  Sardinia, Villacidro
  (Italy)
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  Sardinia, Villacidro
  (Italy)
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  Sardinia, Villacidro
  (Italy)
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  Granada
  (Andalucía, Spain)
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  Thasos
  (Greece)
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  Liguria
  (Italy)

Olive harvest

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  Olive harvest net, in the PDO "Olive de Nice" area (Alpes-Maritimes, France)
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  Olive picking in Umbria, Italy
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  Sardinia, Villacidro
  (Italy)
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  Sardinia, Villacidro
  (Italy)
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  Sardinia, Villacidro
  (Italy)
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  Sardinia, Villacidro
  (Italy)

Damages

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  Sting of B. oleae
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  Fruit wormy-eaten by B. oleae
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  Fruit wormy-eaten by B. oleae
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  Twig with a tumour by Pseudomonas savastanoi
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  Saissetia oleae
  (adult female)
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  "Spilocaea oleagina"

Illustrations

Botanical tables

• Botanical tables
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  Thomé: Flora von ... D/A/CH
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  Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Köhler 1887
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  Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Köhler 1887
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  E.Knoblauch: Oleaceae, in: Engler & Prantl.

Growing system

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  Polyconic vase
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  Vaso cespugliato
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  Monocone
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  Globe
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  Ipsilon

Artworks

• Artworks
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  Harvest on an Olive or a Carob tree
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  The Olive Trees
  Vincent van Gogh
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  de: Landschaft mit Olivenbäumen
  Vincent van Gogh
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  de: Olivenhain
  Vincent van Gogh
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  de: Olivenhain
  Vincent van Gogh
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  de: Feldweg im Olivenhain
  Giovanni Fattori
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  de: Strasse durch den Olivenhain mit zwei Passanten
  Giovanni Fattori
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  de: Feldweg im Olivenhain
  Giovanni Fattori
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  Olive branch
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  Olive branch

Olea europaea subsp. africana

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Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata

Drawings

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Olea europaea subsp. sylvestris

Plants

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  Majorca, Fornalutx
  (Spain)
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  Cádiz, Andalusia
  (Spain)
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  Ocuri, Province of Cádiz, (Spain)
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  Sardinia, Luras
  (Italy)
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  Tuscany, Tuscan Archipelago
  (Italy)
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  Corsica
  (France)
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  Corsica
  (France)
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  Fruits. Monfragüe, Cáceres (Spain)
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  Fruits. Monfragüe, Cáceres (Spain)
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  Fruits. Monfragüe, Cáceres (Spain)

Common names

subsp. europaea

Vernacular names

• English: Olive
• català: Olivera
• Deutsch: Ölbäume
• Ελληνικά: Ελιά
• español: Olivo
• עברית: זית
• hrvatski: Maslina
• italiano: Olivo
• norsk bokmål: Oliven, oljetre
• norsk nynorsk: Oliven, oljetre
• polski: Oliwka europejska, drzewo oliwne
• português: Oliveira
• sardu: Olia
• Türkçe: Zeytin
• 中文: 油橄榄，齐墩果

subsp. sylvestris

Vernacular names

• català: Ullastre
• corsu: Uddastru
• español: Acebuche
• italiano: Olivastro, oleastro
• português: Zambujeiro
• sardu: Ollastu