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The Olive tree of Vouves in 2018. The Olive tree of Vouves (Greek: Ελιά Βουβών) is an olive tree in the village of Ano Vouves in the municipal unit of Kolymvari in Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. Probably one of the oldest olive trees in the world, it still produces olives today. The exact age of the tree cannot be determined.
Its name translates as "Olive Tree of Vouves". [51] Castagnu dê Centu Cavaddi: 2,000–4,000: Sweet chestnut Castanea sativa: Sicily: Italy: Its name translates as the "Hundred Horse Chestnut". Ulleungdo Hyangnamu: 2,000–3,000: Chinese juniper Juniperus chinensis: Ulleung-gun, Gyeongbuk: South Korea: Girth of 4.5 m.
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The olive tree and olive oil are mentioned seven times in the Quran, [71] and the olive is praised as a precious fruit. Olive tree and olive oil health benefits have been propounded in prophetic medicine. Muhammad is reported to have said: "Take oil of olive and massage with it – it is a blessed tree" (Sunan al-Darimi, 69:103).
Olea oleaster, the wild-olive, has been considered by various botanists a valid species and a subspecies [1] of the cultivated olive tree, Olea europea, which is a tree of multiple origins [2] that was domesticated, it now appears, at various places during the fourth and third millennia BCE, in selections drawn from varying local populations. [3]
Oleaceae, also known as the olive family or sometimes the lilac family, is a taxonomic family of flowering shrubs, trees, and a few lianas in the order Lamiales. [1] It presently comprises 28 genera , one of which is recently extinct . [ 2 ]