Olea europaea subsp. europaea

Sapling. Auckland. Dec 2006.<br>Photographer: Peter J. de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Flowers of European olive.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Mangawhai, north of Auckland.<br>Photographer: John Sawyer, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common name

European olive

Family

Oleaceae

Authority

Olea europaea L. subsp. europaea

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons

Conservation status

Not applicable

Flowering

Sep-Dec in NZ

Flower colours

White

Year naturalised

1970

Origin

E Afr to S Afr

Reason for introduction

Olives as food

Reason For Introduction

Agricultural.

Reproduction

Seed. Some of the common cultivated varieties like Manzanillo and Kalamata are derived from O. europaea subsp. europaea so can set prolific amounts of large fruit.

Dispersal

Birds.

Attribution

Cameron, Ewen K 2017. Naturalised African olives (Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata) in New Zealand. Auckland Botanical Soc. Journal 72(1): 71-76.

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