Olive trees are arbors, which generally grow at the height of 10-25m, and the height may be as long as 35m, and their DBH is also very large, about 150cm. Young branchlets will have tawny fluff, 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 is ripe.
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 a single fruit weight of 12g. Beautiful fruit shape, good taste and many edible fruits. It is a variety with early maturity, fresh eating and excellent 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 is not easy to separate from the core.
Chinese black olive
Black olive, also known as black olive, has oval to oblong 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 inverted oval, and the weight of a single fruit is 10g. The pulp is white, rich in fragrance and sweetness, and the stone is brownish red, which is a fresh food with good quality.