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Elaeagnus latifolia
Also called Wild Olive
Elaeagnus latifolia is an evergreen shrub or small tree from South Asia and Southeast Asia, grown for its sweet-sour edible fruit. It tolerates a wide range of soils and both moist and dry conditions, but needs full sun and well-drained ground.
Elaeagnus latifolia, known as the bastard oleaster, or soh-shang, is a species of Elaeagnus native to India and Southeast Asia.
The cultivation of Elaeagnus latifolia is mostly done in well drained soils. E. latifolia prefers soil that is moderately fertile which causes it to succeed in poor soils and dry soils. E. latifolia requires to grow in a position where there is plenty of sunlight. Outside of the native regions, E. latifolia is also cultivated in United Kingdom, however it is unlikely to succeed outdoors in the milder areas of the country. E. latifolia is known to be resistant to honey fungus. It may be grown in orchards where it may increase yield from the fruit trees.
E. latifolia is widely distributed from south-eastern Asia to the slopes of the Himalayas. It is also found in northeast India, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Elaeagnus latifolia 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.
