What is Olive tree?
{{nosources|date=July 2010}} {{Speciesbox | name = Olive | fossil_range = Late [[Pleistocene]] to [[recent]], {{Fossil range|0.06|0}} | image = Olivesfromjordan.jpg | image_caption = ''Olea europaea'' | genus = Olea | species = europaea | status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{cite web |last1=Magos Brehm |first1=J. |last2=Draper Munt |first2=D. |last3=Kell |first3=S.P. |date=2011 |title=Olea europaea (errata version published in 2016) |work=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011 |version=e.T63005A102150835 |access-date=26 June 2021 |url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/species/63005/102150835}}</ref> | authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]] | range_map = Olea europaea range.svg | range_map_caption = Distribution map, with ''Olea europaea'' subsp. ''europaea'' shown in green }} [[Image:Old olive tree in Karystos, Euboia, Greece.jpg|thumb|Olive trees near [[Karystos]] in [[Greece]]]] [[Image:Flag of the United Nations.svg|thumb|Flag of the United Nations]] [[Image:Olive-tree-fruit-august-0.jpg|thumb|The fruit of the olive tree are called ''olives''.]] [[Image:Olives au marche de Toulon p1040238.jpg|thumb|right|Marinated olives on a market in [[Toulon]], [[France]]]] The '''olive tree''' is a small [[tree]]. Its scientific name is ''Olea europaea''. A long time ago, it came from the coastal areas of the eastern [[Mediterranean]], from [[Syria]] and the maritime (next to the sea) parts of [[Asia Minor]] and northern [[Iran]] at the south end of the [[Caspian Sea]]. It has been farmed for a very long time. The [[Ancient Greece|Ancient Greek]]s were farming it. They spread the trees to the western part of the Mediterranean. Olive trees like [[soil]] with lots of [[chalk]] in it. They grow best on [[limestone]] slopes and [[crag]]s in coastal [[climate]]. ==Overview== The Wild Olive is a small [[tree]] or [[shrub]] that grows up to 8–15 [[metre|m]] tall with [[Spine (botany)|thorny]] [[branch]]es. The [[leaf|leaves]] are opposite, 4–10 [[centimetre|cm]] long and 1–3&nbsp;cm wide. The leaves have a