Olive trees belong to trees and generally grow at the height of 10-25m. Tall trees may grow to 35 meters, and their DBH is also very large, about 150 cm. Young branches will have yellow-brown hair, but they will soon be hairless.

The olive branch is 5-6 cm thick, the leaflets are lanceolate and oval, and the length is 6- 14 cm. There will be small verrucous protrusions on the back of leaves, and the fruit will be yellow-green and thick when it matures.

There are many kinds of olive trees, such as Chaozhou green olive, winter olive, black olive, Chaoyang triangle olive and winter olive, among which Acorus calamus olive is the most common.

Cyclobalanopsis Chaozhou

Chaozhou green olive is the best variety in Chaozhou, with single fruit weight 12g, beautiful fruit shape, good taste and many edible fruits. It is an early-maturing variety with excellent fresh food processing.

Olives in winter festival

Mainly produced in Meitang, Puning, Guangdong, the fruit is oval and yellow-green. Each fruit weighs about 9 grams, contains less fiber, tastes sweet and has good quality, and the meat core is not easy to separate.

Chinese black olive

Black olive, also known as black olive, has oval to oval fruit, purple-black, 3-4 cm long, which is larger than ordinary olive. Both ends of the nucleus are blunt and round, and the cross section is nearly round.

Chaoyang fenugreek

Mainly produced in Chaoyang, Guangdong, the fruit is obovate, and the single fruit weight is 10g. The flesh is white, fragrant and sweet, and the core is brownish red, which is an excellent variety for fresh food.