Russian olive

Elaeagnus angustifolia

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Rosales Family: Elaeagnaceae Genus: Elaeagnus

About

Elaeagnus angustifolia, commonly called Russian olive, silver berry, oleaster, Persian olive, or wild olive, or commonly referred to as senjhor or sinjhor in Pakistan, sinjid in Afghanistan senjed in Iran and p'shat (փշատ) in Armenia, is a species of Elaeagnus, native to western and central Asia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, from southern Russia and Kazakhstan to Turkey and Iran. It is now also widely established in North America as an introduced species.