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:
aceituna	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996)
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)
azeitona	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 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	The Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
indian olive	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
itm	Other	Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (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 Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994)
mzaituni	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mzeituni	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 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	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
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	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) 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)
olive oil	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) 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)
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) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
oliveira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
oliveira, folha	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Olea europaea, fol. (2009)
oliveleaf	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
olivenbaum	Other	Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
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)
olivier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
olivier (feuille d’)	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Olea europaea, fol. (2009)
olivo	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
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 Plants (Wiersema, 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 Plants (Wiersema, 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)
zaitun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zaytun	Other	Med. Plants 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 Central Punjab (Fatima et al., 2018)
zeytoun	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
zeytun	Other	Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh, 2012)
zitoune	Other	Wild Med. Plants 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)
زيتون	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
نوتيز	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
オリブ油	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Leaves		Wild Med. Plants in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
leaf	oil	Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Leaf	Oil	Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002)
folium		EMA Com. Monog.: Olea europaea, fol. (2009)
Fruit	fruit oil	Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh, 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		Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
leaves		Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases in Central Punjab (Fatima et al., 2018)
Fruit, Bud, Leaf, Pollen	Oil, Fruit oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
leaves		The 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)
leaf, unripe fruit		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
leaves		Med. Plants 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	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Olea europaea L.	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) 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) Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) EMA Com. Monog.: Olea europaea, fol. (2009) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Handbook of Arabian Medicinal Plants (Ghazanfar, 1994) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) 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 the Mediterranean: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2015) Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh, 2012) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) The Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Olea europaea Linn.	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015)
Olea europaea Linne	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 L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases in Central Punjab (Fatima et al., 2018) Wild Med. Plants in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)

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