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simon66 — 3 years ago

The olive tree, is an evergreen tree or shrub native to the Mediterranean, Asia and Africa. It is short and squat, and rarely exceeds 8–15 m in height. However, a unique variety comprising 40,000 trees found only in a small area of the Campania region of southern Italy often exceeds this, with correspondingly large trunk diameters. The silvery green leaves are oblong, the trunk is typically gnarled and twisted. Its fruit, also called the olive, is of major agricultural importance in the Mediterranean region as the source of olive oil. Olives are harvested in the green to purple stage.