Olea europaea(OLVEU)
Overview Code created in: 2004-04-17
- EPPO Code: OLVEU
- Preferred name: Olea europaea
- Authority: Linnaeus
Native to Mediterranean region, Western Asia, China, Sudan to South Africa. Cultivated since ancient times for its fruits and the oil extracted from them. The wild form is subsp. sylvestris, while the many selected cultivated forms are subsp. europaea.
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Olea europaea subsp. europaea | Linnaeus |
| Olea europaea var. europaea | Linnaeus |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| common olive | English |
| olive | English |
| Ölbaum | German |
| Olive | German |
| Olivenbaum | German |
| olivier | French |
| olivier d'Europe | French |
| aceituna | Spanish |
| olivera | Spanish |
| olivo | Spanish |
| olivo | Italian |
| olivo | Italian |
| ulivo | Italian |
| olijf | Dutch |
| olijfboom | Dutch |
| oliveira | Portuguese |
| olivträd | Swedish |
| oriibu | Japanese |
| オリーブ | Japanese |
| маслина европейская | Russian |
| олива европейская | Russian |
| zeytin | Turkish |
| zayit eiroppi | Hebrew |
| זַיִת אֵירוֹפִּי | Hebrew |
| זַיִת אֵירוֹפִּי | Hebrew |
| drzewo oliwne | Polish |
| oliwka europejska | Polish |
| oliwka uprawna | Polish |
| oliwnik europejski | Polish |
| ulli | Albanian |
| زيتون | Arabic |
| aceituno | Aragonese |
| olibera | Aragonese |
| olivo | Aragonese |
| olibondoa | Basque |
| маслина | Bulgarian |
| oliu | Catalan |
| olivera | Catalan |
| ullastre | Catalan |
| ullatre | Catalan |
| yóu gǎn lǎn | Chinese |
| 油橄榄 | Chinese |
| maslina | Croatian |
| ελαία ευρωπαϊκή | Greek |
| 올리브나무 | Korean |
| ol ri beu na mu | Korean |
| aulibè | Occitan |
| olivastre | Occitan |
| oulibét | Occitan |
| navadna oljka | Slovene |
| маслина європейська | Ukrainian |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Lamiids (
1LAMD )
Order
Lamiales (
1LAMO )
Family
Oleaceae (
1OLEF )
Genus
Olea (
1OLVG )
Species
Olea europaea (
OLVEU )