Olea 1139931 196819482 2008-03-08T18:18:56Z Eubot 231599 Removed taxobox colour. See [[User:Eubot/Removing colours from taxoboxen]]. {{Taxobox | name = ''Olea'' | image = Olive-tree-fruit-august-0.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''Olea europaea'' (Olive), [[Lisboa]], [[Portugal]] | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Lamiales]] | familia = [[Oleaceae]] | genus = '''''Olea''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = About 20; see text<br/> }} '''''Olea''''' 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]]. ''Olea'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Double-striped Pug]]. ;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) {{Commonscat|Olives}} [[Category:Oleaceae]] [[ca:Olea]] [[co:Aliva]] [[da:Oliven-slægten]] [[de:Ölbäume]] [[es:Olea]] [[fr:Olea]] [[it:Olea]] [[ka:ზეთისხილი]] [[lt:Alyvmedis]] [[no:Oliventrær]] [[pl:Oliwka (roślina)]] [[pt:Olea]] [[ru:Маслина]] [[fi:Öljypuut]] [[tr:Olea]]