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Olive Tree

Olive
Temporal range: Late to Recent, 0.06–0 Ma
Olivesfromjordan.jpg
Olea europaea, near the Dead Sea, Jordan
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Olea
Species: O. europaea
Binomial name
Olea europaea
L.
Olea europaea range.svg
Distribution map
Olives, green
Olives vertes.JPG
Marinated green olives
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 609 kJ (146 kcal)
3.84 g
Sugars 0.54 g
Dietary fiber 3.3 g
15.32 g
Saturated 2.029 g
Monounsaturated 11.314 g
Polyunsaturated 1.307 g
1.03 g
Vitamins
Vitamin A equiv.
(3%)
20 μg
(2%)
231 μg
510 μg
Thiamine (B1)
(2%)
0.021 mg
Riboflavin (B2)
(1%)
0.007 mg
Niacin (B3)
(2%)
0.237 mg
Vitamin B6
(2%)
0.031 mg
Folate (B9)
(1%)
3 μg
Choline
(3%)
14.2 mg
Vitamin E
(25%)
3.81 mg
Vitamin K
(1%)
1.4 μg
Minerals
Calcium
(5%)
52 mg
Iron
(4%)
0.49 mg
Magnesium
(3%)
11 mg
Phosphorus
(1%)
4 mg
Potassium
(1%)
42 mg
Sodium
(104%)
1556 mg
Other constituents
Water 75.3 g

Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults.
Source: USDA Nutrient Database

The olive, known by the botanical name Olea europaea, meaning "European olive", is a species of small tree in the family Oleaceae, found in the Mediterranean Basin from Portugal to the Levant, the Arabian Peninsula, and southern Asia as far east as China, as well as the Canary Islands, Mauritius and Réunion. The species is cultivated in many places and considered naturalized in all the countries of the Mediterranean coast, as well as in Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Java, Norfolk Island, California and Bermuda.

Olea europeana sylvestris is a subspecies that corresponds to a smaller tree bearing noticeably smaller fruits.

The olive's fruit, also called the olive, is of major agricultural importance in the Mediterranean region as the source of olive oil; it is one of the three core ingredients in Mediterranean cuisine. The tree and its fruit give their name to the plant family, which also includes species such as lilacs, jasmine, Forsythia and the true ash trees (Fraxinus). The word derives from Latin ŏlīva ("olive fruit", "olive tree"; "olive oil" is ŏlĕum) a borrowing from the Greek ἐλαία (elaía, "olive fruit", "olive tree") and ἔλαιον (élaion, "olive oil") in the archaic form *ἐλαίϝα. The oldest attested forms of the Greek words are the Mycenaean ...
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