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'''''Olea''''' ({{pron-en|ˈoʊliːə}})<ref>''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607</ref> is a [[genus]] of about 20 species in the family [[Oleaceae]], native to warm temperate and tropical regions of southern [[Europe]], [[Africa]], southern [[Asia]] and [[Australasia]]. They are [[evergreen]] [[tree]]s and [[shrub]]s, with small, opposite, entire [[leaf|leaves]]. The [[fruit]] is a [[drupe]].
For humans, the most important species is by far the [[Olive]] (''Olea europaea''), native to the [[Mediterranean]] region. ''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]]. The yet harder wood of the [[Black Ironwood]] ''O. laurifolia'', an inhabitant of [[KwaZulu-Natal Province|Natal]], is important in [[South Africa]].
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Olea (classical name for olive). Oleaceae. Olive. The olive tree and fruit; and other small trees or shrubs of little importance in cultivation. (The Olea fragrans of greenhouses is Osmanthus; also O. Aquifolium.)
Olea (classical name for olive). Oleaceae. Olive. The olive tree and fruit; and other small trees or shrubs of little importance in cultivation. (The Olea fragrans of greenhouses is Osmanthus; also O. Aquifolium.)
==Varieties==
==Species==
;Selected species
*''[[Olea brachiata]]''
*''[[Olea capensis]]'' (Small Ironwood)
*''[[Olea caudatilimba]]''
*''[[Olea chryssophylla]]'', a wild olive of Asia and Africa
*''[[Olive|Olea europaea]]'' (Olive)
*''[[Olea exasperata]]'' (Dune Olive)
*''[[Olea guangxiensis]]''
*''[[Olea hainanensis]]''
*''[[Olea laurifolia]]'' (Black Ironwood)
*''[[Olea laxiflora]]''
*''[[Olea neriifolia]]''
*''[[Olea oleaster]]'', a wild olive whose cultivar "Olivastro" is used as rootstock for ''O. europaea''; formerly classified as the subspecies ''O. europaea oleaster''
*''[[Olea paniculata]]''
*''[[Olea parvilimba]]''
*''[[Olea rosea]]''
*''[[Olea salicifolia]]''
*''[[Olea sylvestris]]'', a small-fruited wild olive of the Mediterranean region, sometimes used as rootstock for ''O. europaea''.
*''[[Olea tetragonoclada]]''
*''[[Olea tsoongii]]''
*''[[Olea undulata]]''
*''[[Olea woodiana]]'' (Forest Olive)
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
