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Olive is native to the eastern Mediterranean region from Syria and the maritime parts of Asia minor and northern Iraq at the south end of the Caspian Sea. The olive tree is the oldest known cultivated tree in history. Olives were first cultivated in Africa, and then spread to Morocco, Algiers, and Tunisia. It was first cultivated in Crete and Syria over 5,000 years ago. Around 600 BC olive tree cultivation spread to Greece, Italy and other Mediterranean countries. It was introduced into Australia in the mid nineteenth century and has now become naturalised.

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Lim, T.K. (2012). Olea europaea. In: Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4053-2_12

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