Species · genus Olea · Oleaceae

Olive

Olea europaea L.

Also known as: Oliveleaf · Small-fruit Olive

Reference · O. europaea

Cultivars of O. europaea

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under O. europaea yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

Olea europaea, the olive, is a woody Mediterranean-climate tree adapted to hot sun, lean soil, and seasonal drought. Give it the brightest, most direct light you have and gritty, fast-draining mix, then let the top two inches of soil dry fully before watering deeply. It tolerates dry air well and resents sitting wet, so err toward the longer interval.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8

Light

Direct sun

Water

≈ every 14 days

Humidity

Low — average room

Temperature

Not documented

Soil mix

Not documented

Propagation

Not documented

Fertilizing

Not documented

Growth rate

Not documented

Flowering

Not documented

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Not yet documented

This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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No reference gallery yet

A few clear photos — habit, a mature leaf, a flower if it blooms — would give this page its eyes.

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d)

Kept true by its growers

Every fact here carries its source. Grow Olive yourself? What you’ve observed — how it drinks, how it holds its color, a name that’s off — is exactly what keeps this page honest. Contributions are reviewed before anything changes.