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RUSSIAN OLIVE 



Family: ELEAGNACEAE. 



Reproductive system: TETRANDRY, MONOGYNY. 



The Russian olive, Eleagnus angustifolia, LINN., is a tree about thirty feet high. Its 

 leaves, lanceolate and entire, are whitish, which gave it the name Bohemian olive tree. 

 The flowers appear solitary or in pairs at the axils of the leaves. They are borne on 

 branches and peduncles covered with silvery-white scales. The bell-shaped calyx, yellow 

 inside and whitish outside, has four lobes. The four sessile stamens insert into the inside 

 of the base of the divisions of the calyx. The superior ovary, crowned by a style, turns 

 into a drupe containing a monospermous pit. 



FLOWERS: June and July. 



RANGE: humid areas in Provence and Piedmont. 



NOMENCLATURE. Eleagnus, from a Greek word that recalls its resemblance to 

 the olive tree. German, wilde oelbaum. Danish, vilde oljeirae. English, the oleaster. 

 Spanish, arbol de paraiso. Russian, lochowina, loch. Polish, oliwa lesna polua. 

 Bohemian, plana oljwa. Persian, kalaf. 



USES. The tree is cultivated in parks and in large gardens. The whiteness of its 

 foliage makes an attractive sight among the greenery of the other trees. The wood is only 

 good for fuel. When the tree blooms, it gives off a very strong aroma that goes to the 

 heads of sensitive individuals. 



CULTIVATION. It's propagated by layering and by cuttings performed in spring 

 and autumn. In northern France, 



