Plant Details

Accepted name:: Olea europaea L. [Oleaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 6

Olea europaea subsp. cerasiformis G.Kunkel & Sunding

Olea europaea subsp. guanchica P.Vargas, J.Hess, Muñoz Garm. & Kadereit

Olea europaea subsp. laperrinei (Batt. & Trab.) Cif.

Olea europaea subsp. maroccana (Greuter & Burdet) P.Vargas, J.Hess, Muñoz Garm. & Kadereit

Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata (Wall. & G.Don) Cif.

Olea europaea subsp. europaea

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
agrieliá	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
alivceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arkoeliá	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
athm	Other	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
azeitona	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cimaikkalikacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cimaikkalikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
common olive	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
eliá	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
european olive	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
frunză de măslin	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Olea europaea, fol. (2009)
fylla elias	Other	Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
indian olive	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
itm	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
jaitun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
julipe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
julpai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
list divje oljke	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Olea europaea, fol. (2009)
liść oliwki	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Olea europaea, fol. (2009)
mitan	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
mzaituni	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mzeituni	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
olajfa levél	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Olea europaea, fol. (2009)
olea europaea, flos	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
oleae folium	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Olea europaea, fol. (2009) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
oleaster	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
oleum olivae	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
oliivipuu, lehti (oliivinlehti)	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Olea europaea, fol. (2009)
olijfblad	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Olea europaea, fol. (2009)
oliva	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
olivae oleum	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
olivae oleum raffinatum	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
olivae oleum virginale	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
olivai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
olive	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
olive leaf	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Olea europaea, fol. (2009) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
olive leaves extract	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
olive oil	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
olive oil, refined	Other	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
olive oil, virgin	Other	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
olive tree	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
oliveira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
oliveira, folha	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Olea europaea, fol. (2009)
oliveleaf	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
olivenblad	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Olea europaea, fol. (2009)
olivenblätter	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
olivenöl	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
olives	Other	Healing Potential of Med. Pl., Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2000) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
olivier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
olivier (feuille d’)	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Olea europaea, fol. (2009)
olivo	Other	Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
olivo foglia	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Olea europaea, fol. (2009)
olivo, aceite	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
olivo, aceite refinado	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
olivo, hoja de	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Olea europaea, fol. (2009)
olivovníkový list	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Olea europaea, fol. (2009)
olivový list	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Olea europaea, fol. (2009)
olivträd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
olivträd, blad	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Olea europaea, fol. (2009)
olivu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
olīvu lapas	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Olea europaea, fol. (2009)
ozonated olive oil	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
pelkî darî zeytun	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
pyrene oil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
refined olive oil	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
small-fruit olive	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ulivo	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
vilaayithi oliveaenne	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
virgin oil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
virgin olive oil	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
zaitoon	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
zaitun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zaytun	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
zeetoun	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
zetoon	Other	Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases in C Punjab (Fatima et al., 2018)
zeytoun	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
zeytun	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh et al., 2012)
zitoune	Other	Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
õlipuu leht	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Olea europaea, fol. (2009)
ölbaum	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ölbaumblätter	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Olea europaea, fol. (2009)
αγριελιά	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
αρκοελιά	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
ελιά	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
φύλλo ελιάς	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Olea europaea, fol. (2009)
маслина, лист	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Olea europaea, fol. (2009)
الزيتون	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
زيتون	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
نوتيز	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
‫زيتون‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
オリブ油	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
齐墩果	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Leaves		Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
leaf	oil	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Leaf	Oil	Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
folium		EMA Com. Monog.: Olea europaea, fol. (2009)
Fruit	fruit oil	Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh et al., 2012)
Folium		Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
Leaf	Oil	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
fruit	refined fixed oil obtained from the ripe fruit	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Fruit		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
leaves		Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases in C Punjab (Fatima et al., 2018)
Fruit, Bud, Leaf, Pollen	Oil, Fruit oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
leaves		Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
fruit, leaf	oil	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
fruit, leaf	oil	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Leaf	Oil	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
Twigs, branches		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
	oil	Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006)
fruit, aerial part		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
leaves, bark, fruit	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
fruit leaves		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
leaf	oil, extract	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
leaves		Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993)
leaf, unripe fruit		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
fruit	ripe fruit	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
fruit	ripe fruit	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
leaves		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
leaf, oil		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fruit	fatty oil	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
fruit	oil	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
leaf	dried leaf	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
fruit	fixed oil	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
fruit	oil	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
seed	fixed oil	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
flower		U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
peel of fruit	fixed oil	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
fruit	fixed oil	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
leaf	Dried leaf	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
fruit	refined fixed oil obtained from the ripe fruit	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)
fruto maduro		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
fruit	oil	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Olea pallida Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 13 (1796), nom. superfl.
Olea sativa Hoffmanns. & Link Fl. Portug. 1: 388 (1820), nom. illeg.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Olea europaea	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Olea europaea L.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) EMA Com. Monog.: Olea europaea, fol. (2009) Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) Ethnobot. of Swat Valley, Pakistan (Ali et al., 2018) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Healing Potential of Med. Pl., Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2000) Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006) Market Med. Pl. of Monterrey, Mexico (Nicholson & Arzeni, 1993) Med. Herbs Israel (Said et al., 2002) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh et al., 2012) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Olea europaea L. var. europaea	Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010)
Olea europaea Linn.	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Olea europaea Linne	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
Olea europaea Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Olea europea	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Olea europea L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases in C Punjab (Fatima et al., 2018) Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
Olea european L.	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
olea europaea L.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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