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Olea europaea is the major cultivated species among all monophyletic oleaceae family olea genus include 30 species and extensively spread in Europe Asia Africa and Oceania aa There is an assumption that cultivars starred in wild Mediterranean olive and then carried with human through their migration to all Mediterranean neighboring countries And the common features between the wild and cultivated forms reach to new cultivars in the Mediterranean surrounding countries cc Right now more than 2000 cultivars show huge variety depend on fruit shape and pit size dd Cultivar is identified based on morphology and agricultural characters but it is hard in the plant development early stages In old times the variety between olive tree cultivars is identified by estimating the differences regarding leaf shape color and fruit shape This identification is easy and applicable not complicated and don t need special equipment and the easiest way for recognition of olive tree is phenotype ee Olea europaea L is considered one of the most crucial trees in the Mediterranean basin and the most ancient tree to be cultivated ff Olive also is the sixth most important oil crop in the world and spread from the Mediterranean area to new areas due to the plant high economic and nutritional value The Mediterranean area is the oldest cultivation area of olive and have 95 of olive plants of the world From the Mediterranean basin it extend to other regions of
