A few olives (olea europaea) on the new wood of this thriving (over 10ft tall) olive tree in Forest Gate East London E7. The tree is in the family Oleaceae, native to the coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin, from Lebanon, Syria and the maritime parts of Turkey and northern Iran at the south end of the Caspian Sea. Its fruit, the olive, is the source of olive oil, but theres not enough here yet for Olio di Forest Gate. Maybe later, as the olive tree can survive for more than 2,000 years.
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