Honey bees
Nectar value
High
Pollen value
High
Pollinator plant
Oleaster
Elaeagnus angustifolia
Linked agroforestry plant data
Pollinator recipe
Bee value
Who this plant supports
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Complete plant information
Structure
- Vegetation layer
- Shrub
- Size
- Small
- Dimensions
- 7.00 m high × 7.00 m wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Foliage
- Deciduous
Site conditions
- USDA hardiness
- 2-7
- Moisture
- Well-drained, Moist
- Soil
- Sandy, Loamy, Clay
- pH
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Light
- Sun
Uses
- Edible parts
- Fruit, Gum, Seed
- Functions
- Nitrogen fixer, Companion planting, Essential oil, Gum, Hedge, Timber, Carbon farming, Fragrant
- Edibility
- 4 out of 5
- Medicinal value
- 3 out of 5
Fruit: the fruit can be eaten raw or cooked. This fruit is dry, mealy, and sweet in taste. It is suitable for making jelly, sorbets, or can be used as flavoring water in soups. Before the fruit can be eaten raw, it must be fully ripe. If the fruit is not yet completely ripe, it can cause astringency in the mouth when eaten. The oval fruit is approximately 10 mm long and contains a large seed. Seed: the seed can be eaten both raw and cooked and is often found together with the fruit. However, the seed can be fibrous.