African Olive

Olea europaea africana

Inclusion rationale

Why did we include this species on our website? Because it was mentioned in the following source(s):

• Conservation value of the Egoli Granite Grassland, an endemic grassland in Gauteng, South Africa
• Treelist Melville Koppies
• PlantZAfrica

Features data

The following sources have provided data on features for this species.

Source document	Features
PlantZAfrica Dec. 17, 2025, 10:47 a.m.	Supports birds Supports mammals Supports butterflies Supports bees Useful Medicinal Edible Near water Rocky habitat Sun Semi-shade
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:36 a.m.	Supports birds Supports bees Easy to grow Useful Medicinal Edible Fragrant Sun Tree Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy Color data Flowering data

Photo credits

You can see the credits underneath each photo of the species pages as well. Credits, in order of appearance:

• (c) suretha_dorse, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by suretha_dorse source
• (c) Deon van Eeden, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Deon van Eeden source
• (c) Joseph Heymans, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Joseph Heymans source
• (c) Peter Caire, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Peter Caire source
• (c) semutnikov_kirill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
• (c) Aklilu Negussie Mekuria, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Aklilu Negussie Mekuria source
• (c) Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Rebelo source
• (c) Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Rebelo source
• (c) Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Rebelo source
• (c) Kyle Campbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND), uploaded by Kyle Campbell source