Green fruits are olives. Olives are rich in nutrients. The pulp contains protein, carbohydrates, fat, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other minerals. The content of vitamin C is 10 times that of apples. Pears, It contains 5 times the calcium of peach and is easily absorbed by the human body. It is especially suitable for women and children.
Domestic and foreign research data show that olive fruits also contain artemisinolide, scopolanolide, (E)-3,3-dihydroxy-4,4-dimethoxystilbene, and gallic acid. , retrogallic acid, brevihaemol, hyperin and some triterpenoids, volatile oils, and flavonoids.
Extended information
Olive is a good windbreak tree species and street tree. The wood can be used for shipbuilding, sleepers, furniture, farm tools and construction materials. The fruit can be eaten raw or pickled. The calyx is flat, 0.5 cm in diameter, and the calyx teeth are curved.
The fruit is oval to spindle-shaped, nearly round in cross section, 2.5-3.5 cm long, hairless, yellow-green when mature; the outer pericarp is thick and wrinkled when dry; the core is acuminate, transverse The cross section is round to hexagonal, with a shallow groove between the obtuse costal angle and the nuclear cap, which has a slightly raised central rib and a shallow wavy outer surface; the nuclear cap is 1.5-2 (-3) mm thick. Seeds 1-2, sterile chamber slightly degraded. The flowering period is from April to May, and the fruit is mature from October to December.
Baidu Encyclopedia - Green Olives
Baidu Encyclopedia - Olives