WHAT IS AUTUMN OLIVE?
Autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata Thunb.) is a species of the race Oleaster and it is widespread in Korea, China, Japan, Taiwan, Nepal, Pakistan, India and Afghanistan. Autumn olive or japanese oleaster, is losing the leaves in winter, has a multi body bushy shape, flicks the free nitorgen in the air into the soil, and grows fast. Autumn olive can grow in foremost acidic soil, but also in many different soils too, it is used with its silver leaves and deep red fruits as a foliage plant and in the fight against erosion and also as a nitrogen source for walnuts. The consume as functional food is spreading out more and more because its lycopene content is 18 times higher than of tomatoes.
HOW TO USE AUTUMN OLIVES?
CLIMATAL REQUEST
Temperated climate
SOIL REQUEST
Non requests, it can grow on unproductive land, Ideal for reforestation, a good foliage plant.
REPLICATION
Seeds, replication with steel and seperation. The autumn olive is naturally replicing and spreading itself with its seeds and under soil organs. A plant in the outturn age produces 0,9-3,5 kg fruits and 20000-540000 cores. The fruit outturn of the autumn olive begins generally with the age of 2-3 years and the complete fruit outturn is in the age of 3-4 years. For the germination of the cores, it needs cold and humit folding and for the optimal germination of the corse, it needs to be folded minimum 16 weeks in 10-20 °C temperature.
WHAT IS THE USE OF AUTUMN OLIVES?
Autumn olives are very rich on lycopene. Lycopene is contended in tomatoes, water melon, pink grapefruit and guave. Whereat 100 gr. of fresh tomatoes are contending 3 mg lycopene, autumn olives are contending in 100 gr. 54 mg lycopene. Also is the lycopene content of the autumn olives compared with tomatoes 18 times higher and has also an antibacterial feature.
Foremost is decreasing the risk for prostate cancer, but also pancreas cancer and other cancer types. It regulats cholesterol and decreases the effect of cholestrol on the heart muscles to the lowest level. Autumn olives are rich on bioactive compounds, essential fat acids, beta carotene, lutein, A,C and E vitamins and fat acids, and it is indicated that it help male infertility.
