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Wednesday, 10 December 2025
21 facts about olives
21 facts about olives
"Where the olive refuses to grow, there the Mediterranean world ends"
It is not known exactly when and where the first olive tree, characteristic of the Mediterranean region, grew. Paleobotanists claim that wild olives g ...

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Olives
Olives for oil production are harvested from mid-December to March.
Carob
This tree is native to the Mediterranean and the Middle East. In these areas, especially in the eastern regions of the Mediterranean, it grows wild, while in the western areas it has integrated into the ecosystem there (naturalization).
The Carob is a typical tree of the Algavre region of southern Portugal, where it is called alfarrobe ...
Rice
Oryza sativa, commonly known as Asian rice, is a type of cultivated rice, the varieties of which are most common around the world.
It is an annual cereal plant with numerous and dense stems, reaching 50-150 cm in height. The stems ...
Cornflower
In modern times it was introduced to North America.
There it was given the local name cornflower because it grows very often in cornfields.
Chestnuts
Chestnuts were once found only south of the Alps.
The Romans spread them in Western Europe and Slovakia. Currently, chestnuts are grown in the Mediter ...
Mayflower
It can be found in various parts of North America, including Canada, Newfoundland, Massachusetts, Kentucky, and Florida.
Chestnuts
Chestnuts can also be eaten candied, boiled, deep-fried, grilled, or baked for both sweet and savory purposes.
They can be used to stuff vegetables, poultry, and other foodstuffs. They are available dried, fresh ...
Cinnamon
Cinnamon is an evergreen plant.
It has oval leaves, thick bark, and berry-like fruit. They are grown on the principle of suckering f ...
Tomatoes
The English name is derived from Nahuatl, the main language of the Aztecs.
In Nahuatl, the word tomatl means swelling fruit or fatty water.
Chestnuts
Chestnuts are deciduous trees and shrubs of the Castanea genus, belonging to the Fagaceae family.
The Fagaceae family includes economically important types of trees that are a source of wood raw mat ...