The olive tree, " Olea europaea ", has been cultivated for olive oil, fine wood, olive leaf, and the olive fruit . 90 % of all harvested olives are turned into oil, while about 10 % are used as table olives.
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It is assumed that " Olea europaea " may have arisen from " O . chrysophylla " in northern tropical Africa and that it was introduced into the countries of the Mediterranean Basin via Egypt and then Crete or the Levant, Tunisia and Asia Minor.
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Fruit species that this species may feed on include figs, such as the sycamore fig and others, marulas, date palm fruit, berries from species such as wild olive " Olea europaea " ssp . " africana " and " Euphorbia ", and commercial fruit such as apples, grapes, citruses and others.
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Canned black olives have often been artificially blackened ( see below on processing ) and may contain the chemical ferrous gluconate to improve the appearance . " Olea europaea " contains a seed commonly referred to in American English as a pit or a rock, and in British English as a stone.
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The churchyard forms a privileged lookout over the Olea europaea ), while the introduction of species such as the Mediterranean Cypress ( Cupressus sempervirens ), the Mexican White Cedar ( Cupressus lusitanica ), th Lebanese cedar ( Cedrus libani ) and the Stone pine ( Pinus pinea ) dominate the eastern flanks.
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The upper plateau includes areas of garrigue, two maquis communities, one dominated by " Pistacia lentiscus " and the other a mixed maquis in which the endemic " Arbutus pavarii " is prominent, and forests of " Cupressus sempervirens, Juniperus phoenicea, Olea europaea, Quercus coccifera, Ceratonia siliqua, " and " Pinus halepensis ."
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For humans, the most important species is by far the Olive ( " Olea europaea " ), native to the Mediterranean region, Africa, southwest Asia and the Himalayas . " O . paniculata " is a larger tree, attaining a height of 15 18 m in the forests of Queensland, and yielding a hard and tough timber.
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The Olive ( pronounced / ?Rlhv / ), Olea europaea, is a species of a small tree in the family Oleaceae, native to the coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin ( the adjoining coastal areas of southeastern Europe, western Asia and northern Africa ) as well as northern Iran at the south end of the Caspian Sea.
