Names
No scientific synonyms are recorded for this name.
English: Olive, oliveleaf, small-fruit olive.
In other languages
- French: Olivier, Olivier d'Europe
- German: Oelbaum, Olivenbaum
- Italian: Olivo
- Norwegian (Bokmål): oliven
- Norwegian (Nynorsk): oliven
- Portuguese: azeitona, oliva, oliveira
- Swahili: mzaituni, mzeituni
- Swedish: olivträd
Names with no language recorded: ‘oliwa, ‘oliwa haole, African olive, azeitona, black olive, common olive, European olive, feral olive, golden olive, oliva, olive, orive, 올리브나무.
Where it is recorded
Taxonomy record sources: GBIF (CC BY 4.0), USDA_PLANTS_CATALOG (Public Domain). Loaded from the botanica open cultivated-plant knowledge base and the GBIF backbone; each row keeps its origin.
Growth stages
- Initial: about 30 days (FAO 56 Table 11: planted March, Mediterranean)
- Crop development: about 90 days (FAO 56 Table 11: planted March, Mediterranean)
- Mid-season: about 60 days (FAO 56 Table 11: planted March, Mediterranean)
- Late season: about 90 days (FAO 56 Table 11: planted March, Mediterranean)
What the sources say it wants
Each line shows the band, then the kind of source and the citation. "Published" means the number is printed on the cited page; "derived" means it was computed from published numbers with the formula recorded on the row; "external API" rows are refreshed nightly from a live source; "curated" rows are OAT's own working values from June 2026.
Initial
| Zone | Measure | Band | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timing | Crop coefficient, initial stage (ratio) | 0.65 | published: FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 56, 1998 |
Mid-season
| Zone | Measure | Band | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timing | Crop coefficient, mid-season (ratio) | 0.7 | published: FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 56, 1998 |
Late season
| Zone | Measure | Band | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timing | Crop coefficient, end of season (ratio) | 0.7 | published: FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 56, 1998 |
Phenophases observed by the USA National Phenology Network
9 phenophases are tracked for this species and refreshed nightly, as stage triggers: Breaking leaf buds, Flowers or flower buds, Fruits, Full flowering, Open flowers, Pollen release, Recent fruit or seed drop, Ripe fruits, Young leaves.
Keystone status
Partial. The KEEP rule asks for a growth stage and a band in each of light, air and root zone before a crop counts as complete; this plant is in the keystone with what its sources give so far.
Generated 2026-09-15 from the OAT plant keystone. Source types and citations are carried on every row; the keystone snapshot that the Library instruments read is plant-targets.json and its quality sheet is plant-targets.quality.json.