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Olea europaea L.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Olea L. (オリーブ)
Oriibu (オリーブ, 阿利襪), olive
Lifeform: short, evergreen tree
Distribution: originally Mediterranean Basin (Herodotus: Indeed it is said that at that there were no olives anywhere save at Athens)

cultivated throughout the Mediterranean

Habitat: vegetation of sclerophyllous evergreen trees and shrubs
Fruit: small drupe (edible)
Use: oil (cosmetics, edible and industrial use) and fruit
Cultivars: more than hundreds
索引

Olea europaea transplanted in Japan


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[1-3] in a herb garden at the roof floor of National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, on August 19 2021.

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