the Botanical name - Olea europea.
The German name - Olivenholz, English - Olive tree, Italian - Olivo.
Olive (olive) - an evergreen bush or a tree reaching of height to 15 metres and thickness of a trunk to 50 centimetres, from family maslinovyh (Oleaceae). Grows in a wild kind and it is grown up as a cultural plant mainly in Southern Europe (Italy, Spain, the Balkans, the South of France, Crimea) and also zones of Asia close to it and the North Africa.
Zabolon' light brown, later darkens a little. Mature wood - it is yellow -
White, sometimes with a reddish shade, with characteristic irregular dark beams. Olive wood has a thin structure, very decorative, dense, a little subject usyhaniyu, perfectly accepts polish and goes on joiner's and other hand-made articles, is used in incrustations and in art parquet floors. It is very well ground and gives a beautiful smooth surface. Olive wood is elegantly decorative, that allows to use it for creation of exclusive interiors. For prevention of formation of cracks by an obligatory condition drilling of apertures under nails and screws is. Application of varnishes, glues and first coats on a water basis (divorces are possible) is not recommended. Before a covering poliuretanovymi varnishes drawing of the first coats excluding «podjig» wood is necessary.
Volume weight in an air-dry condition: 850 - 950 kg/cubic metres