Olive tree

Scientific name: Olea europaea.
Common name: Olive tree
Origin: Mediterranean region.
Etimology: its name derives from the latin term “oleum” that means oil.

It’s an emblematic tree of the Mediterranean culture.

There are many olive trees in Spain. These trees are very appreciated because of their fruits (the olives) and the quality of the oil that we can obtain.

They can live more than 1500 years.

These trees have many leaves, they grow slowly, and aren't usually higher than 10 metres.

Their trunk is thick and irregular. Their leaves are evergreen. Their flowers are white with a fine aroma. This tree blossoms in Spring.

At the end of Autumn or in Winter, the fruits (olives) grow. At first they are green, then their colour changes and they turn black.

There are more than three hundred varieties of olive trees in Spain.

Their fruit, the olives, are used to obtain oil, which can be used in the kitchen, as part of a Mediterranean diet, in cosmetics, and also it has some medicinal uses.