Russian Olive vs Olive leaf

[Jodie TraxelStudent]

I have been working on identifying some plants for wildcrafting. We cannot grow Olive trees (Olea europaea) here, but Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) and its cousin buffalo berry  (Shepherdia argentea) are prolific.  Are these at all interchangeable?

 

[Dr. Patrick JonesHomestead Instructor]

Nope. Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) and regular olive (Olea europea) are completely different critters. The leaves of both are medicinal.

Olive Leaf (Olea europaea)

I’ll do a quickview lesson on Russian olive tomorrow. It’s a great plant and I grab and munch the leaves as an anti-inflammatory all the time. :0)

Don't use herbs or combine herbs with medications or use them during lactation or pregnancy without talking with your healthcare provider.

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[PaigeStudent]

Any chance you can put anything together that is redeemable about the Autumn Olive?.  It grows everywhere in Va.

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Jodie Traxel

[Dr. Patrick JonesHomestead Instructor]

Yup. I’ll do that one too.

Don't use herbs or combine herbs with medications or use them during lactation or pregnancy without talking with your healthcare provider.

[Dr. Patrick JonesHomestead Instructor]

I wrote a quickview for Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) and included autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata) in the lesson. It should be up any day now. Just need to wait for the IT nerds to get it posted. :0)

Don't use herbs or combine herbs with medications or use them during lactation or pregnancy without talking with your healthcare provider.

[JeanStudent]

Looking forward

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Jodie Traxel

[Dr. Patrick JonesHomestead Instructor]

Hyar ‘Tis!

Russian Olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia)

Don't use herbs or combine herbs with medications or use them during lactation or pregnancy without talking with your healthcare provider.

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