Olea
Botanical name: Olea
Olea
Botanical name: Olea
Description
Olea are a group of mostly shrubs and small trees native to warm, sub-tropical, and tropical regions. this genus is renowned for its fruits, which have been cultivated for millennia. They remain a staple ingredient in various Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisines but have many other culinary uses worldwide. Furthermore, the oil from many of these species is used for soaps, perfumes, and other cosmetic products. Some trees even have hard enough wood to use for timber.
Species of Olea
European olive
European olive are a group of mostly shrubs and small trees native to warm, sub-tropical, and tropical regions. This genus is renowned for its fruits, which have been cultivated for millennia. They remain a staple ingredient in various Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisines but have many other culinary uses worldwide. Furthermore, the oil from many of these species is used for soaps, perfumes, and other cosmetic products. Some trees even have hard enough wood to use for timber.
Rose sandalwood
Rose sandalwood is a tree in the same family as the olive. This tree contains Trichosclereids, which are needle-like structures that make it painful and unpleasant to eat, excellent protection from herbivores. Its fruits attract birds. And all parts of this tree have a long history of use in India.
Olive
Olive (Olea europaea) is an evergreen tree or shrub with great agricultural importance, especially in the Mediterranean. Its fruits are edible and widely used for making oil. Olive has acquired quite a few symbolic meanings during its long history of cultivation. The most popular symbol would probably be the olive branch, which represents peace and glory.
Dune olive
Dune olive are a group of mostly shrubs and small trees native to warm, sub-tropical, and tropical regions. This genus is renowned for its fruits, which have been cultivated for millennia. They remain a staple ingredient in various Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisines but have many other culinary uses worldwide. Furthermore, the oil from many of these species is used for soaps, perfumes, and other cosmetic products. Some trees even have hard enough wood to use for timber.
Black ironwood
The black ironwood is a bushy shrub, or a small to medium-sized tree, up to 10 metres (33 ft) in height, occasionally reaching 40 metres (130 ft). Bark: light grey, becoming dark grey and vertically fissured with age; a characteristic blackish gum is exuded from bark wounds. Leaves: light to dark green and glossy above and paler green below; petiole often purplish, 0.3–1.7 cm long; lanceolate-oblong to almost circular, 3–10 x 1.5–5 cm. Flowers: white or cream and sweetly scented, small and in many flowered axillary or terminal heads, bisexual, 3–15 cm long. Fruit: when ripe they are somewhat succulent purplish drupes; ovoid up to 2 x 1 cm.
Scientific Classification
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