Description: Smaller tree of slow and bumpy growth. The leaves are leathery and oblong with dark green blades and a lighter back side. The flowers are small and built based the number 4. They grow in the axils of the leaves and are gathered in clusters. The fruits are dark green to black stone (olive).

Flowering time: April-June

Habitat: Calcareous soil up to 700 m above sea level.

Interesting fact: The olive is known from 4000 g B.C. It is used to produce oil, wood is used to make objects. The oldest living olive is in Sardinia and is about 4000 years old.