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Apple tree, Malus domestica, is the most common and recognizable fruit-bearing tree. Worldwide, 7500 varieties of apples are grown. Api or Christmas Apple is one of the oldest varieties in existence. Humans have been enjoying apples since at least 6500 B.C.
Baobab, Adansonia digitata, is the largest succulent fruit tree in the world.
Coco de mer, Lodoicea maldivica, is the world’s largest seed. "A single seed may be 30cm long, 90cm in circumference and weigh 20kg". The Coco de Mer fruit is a drupe.
Coconut palm, Cocos nucifera, botanically speaking is not a tree, since there is no bark, no branches, or secondary growth. A coconut palm is a woody perennial monocotyledon with the trunk being the stem. Additionally, the coconut is a fibrous one-seeded drupe not a nut.
Jackfruit, Artocarpus heterophyllus, produces the largest tree-borne fruit. It reaches as much as 36 kg in weight and up to 90 cm long and 50 cm in diameter.
Maidenhair Tree, Ginkgo biloba, is the most cold hardy nut tree. -50 °C (-58 °F). It is known as a 'living fossil', since it is the sole survivor of an ancient group of trees that date back to beyond the time of the dinosaurs.
Peach, Prunus persica, was once known as the Persian apple.
Satsuma Citrus reticulate, is the list cold hardy citrus tree. -10°C (14 °F).
Trifoliate orange, Poncirus trifoliata, is the coldest hardy citrus tree. -30 °C (-22 °F).
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Fruit and nut trees are special and unlike vegetables they will produce for a lot of years with a better return on effort than anything else in the garden.
In addition to fruit and nut production these trees can be value for shade, timber and as a support for climbing plants. Their crops are good sources of vitamins, minerals, fats and protein and make perfect snacks for kids.
While the planting location of a tree is highly important for a successful production of fruit and nuts, when selecting a fruit tree or a nut tree from your local nursery, some additional factors you should consider are:
* tree shape and size
* taste, texture and use of fruit
* time of harvest season
* disease and pest resistance.
Multi-Grafted trees are an alternative for small gardens where space is limited and several types of fruit are desired.

African Olive | Wild Olive – Olea Africana

Posted on December 04th, 2010 in Fruit Trees

African Olive, Olea Africana, also known as Wild Olive and Brown Olive, is a perennial, multi-stemmed, fruit bearing evergreen tree, which grows from 3 to 10 meters tall, with a rounded crown and a trunk having rough gray to blackish-brown bark. African Olive is indigenous to Southern Africa occurring in a mixture of habitats, usually near water, on stream banks but mainly found in coastal zones. The plant regarded as a small-fruited subspecies of the commercial olive.

Olea Africana leaves are a glossy gray-green color with the under surface being green or yellowish brown, simple with an angular to elliptical shape and with a hooked tips. They grow from 6 to 10cm long and 1 to 2.5cm wide on a 1cm leaf stalk. Flowers are small, 1 to 2mm long, green-cream, privet-like, born in late spring to summer in axillary shorter than the leaves panicles.

African Olive Fruit

The fruit is commonly 1.5 to 2.5cm long and 0.6cm in diameter, fleshy and opaque drupe, dull bluish-green in color with a whitish blush which can be rubbed off. It has a single, oblong brown seed, 1 to 1.5cm long. When mature the fruit turns black to dark purple.

African Olive Propagation Methods

Plant propagation is by seed, viability can be retained for several years in storage at 3 degrees, but also vegetatively by cuttings which root reasonably easy. The African Olive is a slow-growing plant that needs full sun place and fertile well-drained soil. It is a frost, drought and wind resistant plant. The tree develops beautiful wood for furniture. It is much browsed on by farm animals in Africa. Olea Africana is a member of the Oleaceae family the genus Olea.

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