what is the species of an olive
The olive tree, Olea europaea, is an evergreen tree or shrub native to the Mediterranean, Asia and Africa. It is short and squat, and rarely exceeds 8â15 m (26â49 ft) in height.any olive trees in the groves around the Mediterranean are said to be hundreds of years old, while an age of 2,000 years is claimed for a number of individual trees; in some cases, this has been scientifically verified. Pliny the Elder told about a sacred Greek olive tree that was 1,600 years old.