Olive Tree, Olea europaea, Oleaceae, Mediterranean

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The Olive, Olea europaea, is a species of small tree in the family Oleaceae, native to the coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean region, from Lebanon, Syria and the maritime parts of Turkey and northern Iran at the south end of the Caspian Sea. Its fruit, the olive, is of major agricultural importance in the Mediterranean region as the source of olive oil.

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Keywords: botanical, botany, bough, branch, branches, europaea, europe, evergreen, flora, florapix, green, leaf, leaves, mediterranean, nature, olea, oleaceae, olive, plant, shrub, tree, trees, twig