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Cneorum tricoccon
Spurge olive is a small evergreen shrub from the western Mediterranean, growing about 0.6 m tall. It needs full sun and very well-drained, sandy soil to thrive.
Cneorum tricoccon, the spurge olive, is a small shrub of the family Rutaceae, native to Europe in the western Mediterranean Region.
Its fruit has no food value. The plant is rich in tannin, and can be used as a source of fuel.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cneorum tricoccon by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
