Where is the latest origin of olives?

Olives, also known as yellow olives, green fruits, mountain olives, white olives, red olives, etc., are olive trees of the olive family, famous subtropical fruit trees with a long history of cultivation. Olives are often wild in valleys and hillside forests below 1300 meters above sea level, or cultivated in gardens and villages. Let's take a look at where the olives are from.

Where is the origin of olives?

Olives are native to southern China and are cultivated in Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and other regions of China, distributed from northern to central Vietnam, and cultivated in Japan (Nagasaki, Okinawa) and Malay Peninsula. Fujian Province is the most widely distributed in China. Sichuan, Zhejiang, Taiwan and other areas are also distributed. Apart from China, olives are cultivated in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, India and Malaysia.

The producing environment of olive

Olives like warmth and need appropriate high temperature in the growing period to grow vigorously. The annual average temperature is more than 20 ℃, and the area without severe frost damage is the most suitable for its growth in winter. It can endure a low temperature of minus 3 ℃ for a short time in winter, but serious freezing injury will occur when the temperature drops below 4 ℃. The rainfall can grow normally in the area of 1200mm to 1400mm. It has a wide adaptability to soil, and can be cultivated along rivers, hills and mountains, red-yellow soil and gravel soil, as long as the soil layer is deep and the drainage is good.

The hometown of olives in China

1. The hometown of olives in China: Fujian olive production ranks first in the country, and the planting area and output of Minhou olives rank first in Fujian over the years. Minhou County was rated as "the hometown of Chinese olives" by the Development Center of the State Council in 1996. Minhou County passed the acceptance of olive standardization demonstration area of the Ministry of Agriculture in 2006.

2. The hometown of oil olives in China: Kaijiang County, Sichuan Province is the main producing area of the olive capital of China. Olive has been introduced and developed for 40 years, and has gone through four stages of introduction experiment, demonstration and promotion, adjustment and consolidation and scale development. In 2014, it was named "the hometown of Chinese olive" by China Grain and Oil Society.

3. The hometown of green olive in China: green olive is one of the major traditional fruits in Puning with a long history of cultivation throughout the city. the main producing areas are Li Lake, Meitang, Hongyang, Guangtai, Shipai, Gaopu, Chuanpu and other places, with a planting area of more than 8, 000 hectares and a total output of 4000 tons, ranking first in the country. In June 1996, Puning was named "the hometown of Green Olive in China" by the Ministry of Agriculture. In March 2006, it was approved as "the famous and excellent base of green olive in the south subtropics" by the Development Office of South Subtropical crops of the Ministry of Agriculture.