BOTANY
It 'a very long-lived woody plants whose leaves are renewed every two or three years, has an extensive root system developed and able to cling to the slopes creeping into the rocks.
The area of the collar, the point at which the roots are bound up in the trees, aging is deformed, giving rise to the pedal, also called the stump, where many ova are formed. These are some bumps that may also form on the trunk and removing may give rise to a new copy.
The trunk can reach about 1-2 meters high, according to variety, environment and type of livestock; is smooth and green on young plants, wrinkled and gray in older ones. The wood is hard, heavy, tawny color.
The leaves are dark green in the upper side and a light green and silver on the bottom, are shaped differently depending on the variety, sometimes oblong, lanceolate other.
The buds are naked and they differ about two months before flowering.
The flowers are grouped in numbers of 10-40 in clusters (little finger) and were formed from a greenish calyx of four sepals, a corolla tube short divided into four white petals, two stamens and the pistil ovary.
The fruits (drupes) are different in size (1 to 10 grams) and form, as it matures in colors blackish. Inside them there is a core fusiform, very hard, which protects a seed.
Flowering takes place from April to June. Abortion ovary is frequent and less than 10% of flowers reach their ripeness and the formation of fruit. The flower of the olive allowing self-fertilization is hermaphrodite, but most of the Italian varieties are sterile, so the fertilization of the flowers should be in a cross between male plants and female plants. Pollination is anemophilous (by wind) and occurs between plants even at a considerable distance.
The fruits ripen between November and February. The gathering of fruits varies depending on exposure of grove, meteorological factors and climate.
The oil is made up of water for about 35-40% and oil for about 15-35%. Solids such as cellulose, sugars and proteins are present in approximately 25-40%.
The oil is located mainly in the pulp (96%) and minimally in the core (4%).
The number of cultivated varieties is considerable, about 700, including about 400 on the register Oleic Italian.
The rule of 5 S, the popular tradition says that the olive tree, to live well, needs 5 essential "S": silence, drought, solitude, sun and rocks.
In fact, the olive tree needs a warm environment, without changes in temperature, with temperatures that drop below -5 ° C, ideal Mediterranean climate and sea, but not the mountain (maximum 800 meters).
The olive tree is a very long-lived woody plants whose leaves are renewed every two or three years, has an extensive root system developed and able to cling to the slopes creeping into the rocks.
The area of the collar, the point at which the roots are bound up in the trees, aging is deformed, giving rise to the pedal, also called the stump, where many ova are formed. These are some bumps that may also form on the trunk and removing may give rise to a new copy.
The trunk can reach about 1-2 meters high, according to variety, environment and type of livestock; is smooth and green on young plants, wrinkled and gray in older ones. The wood is hard, heavy, tawny color.
The leaves are dark green in the upper side and a light green and silver on the bottom, are shaped differently depending on the variety, sometimes oblong, lanceolate other.
The buds are naked and they differ about two months before flowering.
The flowers are grouped in numbers of 10-40 in clusters (little finger) and were formed from a greenish calyx of four sepals, a corolla tube short divided into four white petals, two stamens and the pistil ovary.
The fruits (drupes) are different in size (1 to 10 grams) and form, as it matures in colors blackish. Inside them there is a core fusiform, very hard, which protects a seed.
Flowering takes place from April to June. Abortion ovary is frequent and less than 10% of flowers reach their ripeness and the formation of fruit. The flower of the olive allowing self-fertilization is hermaphrodite, but most of the Italian varieties are sterile, so the fertilization of the flowers should be in a cross between male plants and female plants. Pollination is anemophilous (by wind) and occurs between plants even at a considerable distance.
The fruits ripen between November and February. The gathering of fruits varies depending on exposure of grove, meteorological factors and climate.
The oil is made up of water for about 35-40% and oil for about 15-35%. Solids such as cellulose, sugars and proteins are present in approximately 25-40%.
The oil is located mainly in the pulp (96%) and minimally in the core (4%).
The number of cultivated varieties is considerable, about 700, including about 400 on the register Oleic Italian.
The rule of 5 S, the popular tradition says that the olive tree, to live well, needs 5 essential "S": silence, drought, solitude, sun and rocks.
In fact, the olive tree needs a warm environment, without changes in temperature, with temperatures that drop below -5 ° C, ideal Mediterranean climate and sea, but not the mountain (maximum 800 meters).
