Olea europaea

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Olea europaeaThe olive’s narrow leaves are dark grey-green and leathery above, with pale silver reverses. Opposite leaf pairs flash between those tones as the branches move. With a ge, grey bark thickens and the finely branched trunk can become fissured, twisted and gnarled.Small cream to yellow-white flowers form in branching clusters where the leaves meet older shoots. Pollinated flowers may develop into green olives that ripen through reddish-purple to very dark tones around a single hard stone. Show more