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Veneer Olive
BackDetailed Description
A tree up to 16 m tall, with diameters up to 50 cm, its shaft biz up to 3 m branchless, irregularly shaped, stronger trunks often hollow inside. Bark gray-green, cracking in the later.
Tradenames and other names
Bot. Name: Olea europaea L.
Tradename De: Olive, Olivenbaum
Tradename En: Olive tree
Properties
Raw density: 800 - 950 Kg/m3
Occurrence
Native throughout the warmer parts of Europe, especially in the Mediterranean region, particularly Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and southern France, but also in Syria, Palestine, Anatolia, and southern Asia Minor. Introduced to North Africa, Mexico, California, Peru and Chile probably.
Characteristic and wood color
The sapwood and heartwood are clearly separated from each other. Sapwood of varying thickness light brown, later darkening. Heartwood brownish with reddish tone and often interspersed with irregular, darker to deep brown stripes. Particularly beautiful grain shows the root wood.