another easy one

RB · Post by RB » Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:41 pm

It looketh like O. europaea

RB

Post by **MWP admin** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:44 pm

The calyx is typical of Olea, but I would say the wild one - O. sylvestris (Olea europaea L. subsp. europaea var. sylvestris (Mill.) Lehr) .

Was the photo taken with a digital camera or from a slide long time ago?

jackpot · Post by **jackpot** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:33 am

you are both right with both- scanned slide few years ago

Post by **MWP admin** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:39 am

Well done, it is not very common anymore to meet the sylvestris in wild life. However I recall that we met one at Comino in the MWP excusion last April. Is it a bit spiny compared to the cultivated one ?