EPPO Global Database

Elaeagnus angustifolia(ELGAN)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-07-19

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: ELGAN
  • Preferred name: Elaeagnus angustifolia
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Native to Eastern Europe, Turkey, Iran to Central Asia, Siberia, Western Asia, Indochina (Myanmar), China. Widely cultivated as a roadside tree. Introduced in Western Europe and Mediterranean, Canada, USA, South America (southern cone). Introduced and invasive in Central Russia.


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Elaeagnus incanus Lamarck
Elaeagnus orientalis Linnaeus
Elaeagnus oxycarpa . Schlechtendahl

Common names
Name Language
oleaster English
Russian olive English
Trebizond date English
wild olive English
Ölweide German
Schmalblatt-Ölweide German
schmalblättrige Ölweide German
arbre d'argent French
arbre du paradis French
chalef à feuilles étroites French
éléagne à feuilles étroites French
olinet French
olivier de Bohême French
olivier sauvage French
árbol del paraíso Spanish
azufaifo blanco Spanish
cinamomo Spanish
eleagno Spanish
matapolilla Spanish
olivo de Bohemia Spanish
panjí Spanish
panjino Spanish
eleagno Italian
eleagno balsamico Italian
olivagno Italian
olivastro Italian
olivo de Boemia Italian
smalbladige olijfwilg Dutch
smalle olijfwilg Dutch
árvore-do-paraíso Portuguese
oleastro Portuguese
oliveira-da-boémia Portuguese
oliveira-do-paraíso Portuguese
smalbladig silverbuske Swedish
лох узколистный Russian
smalbladet sølvblad Danish
smalsølvbusk Norwegian
idänhopeapensas Finnish
iğde Turkish
yitzharon machsif Hebrew
יִצְהָרוֹן מַכְסִיף Hebrew
oliwnik wąskolistny Polish
oliwnik zwyczajny Polish
keskenylevelű ezüstfa Hungarian
hunap Albanian
olibo-zumea Basque
елеагнус Bulgarian
миризливата върба Bulgarian
arbre argentat Catalan
arbre de la plata Catalan
arbre del paradís Catalan
olivera del paradís Catalan
shā zǎo Chinese
沙枣 Chinese
uskolisna zlolesina Croatian
česká oliva Czech
hlošina úzkolistá Czech
česká oliva Slovak
hlošina úzkolistá Slovak
ozkolistna oljčica Slovene
маслинка вузьколиста Ukrainian