The olive tree is a tree that grows to a height of 10-25 meters, with some growing as high as 35 meters, and has a large diameter at breast height of about 150 centimeters. The twigs have a yellowish-brown tomentum on the young parts, but soon become glabrous.
Olive tree branches are 5-6 centimeters thick, and the leaflets are lanceolate, elliptic, and 6-14 centimeters long. The back of the leaves have small warty protrusions, and the fruit ripens to a yellowish-green color with a thick skin.
There are many varieties of olive trees, such as the Teochew green-skinned olive, the winter-season round olive, the black olive, the Teochew three-pronged olive, the winter-season round olive, etc., of which the most common is the Kalamata olive.
Chaozhou green olive
The Chaozhou green olive is the best variety in Chaozhou city, the weight of each fruit is 12 grams, the fruit shape is more beautiful, the taste is good, you can eat more fruits, and it is an early maturity, fresh processing and both excellent varieties.
Winter Festival Round Olive
Mainly produced in Guangdong Puning Meitang, the fruit is long oval, yellowish green. Each fruit weighs about 9 grams, contains relatively little fiber, has a sweet taste, is of good quality, and the flesh is not easily separated from the core.
Ulive
Ulive, also known as black olive, has ovoid to long ovoid, purple-black fruits that are 3-4 centimeters in length, and are somewhat larger than the average olive. The ends of the kernel are blunt, and the shape of the cross-section is suborbicular.
Chaoyang Trigon olive
Mainly produced in Chaoyang, Guangdong Province, the fruit is obovate and weighs 10 grams per fruit. The color of the flesh is white, with a strong fragrance and sweet taste, and the color of the core is brownish red, which is a variety of excellent quality for fresh eating.