Olive varieties: table olive and olive oil cultivars

Kalamata, Gemlik, Manzanilla, Hojiblanca, Picual, Koroneiki and other cultivars, with live offers, buyer requests and suppliers for each.

Spain

ArbequinaOlive oilArbequina comes from Catalonia and is now planted worldwide, notably in high-density orchards. Its small fruit gives mild, fruity oils.
CornicabraOlive oilCornicabra is an oil cultivar of central Spain, grown mainly in Toledo and Ciudad Real. Its oil is valued for its stability.
GordalTable olivesGordal, the Queen olive of Seville, is one of the largest table olives. It is mostly prepared as Spanish-style green olives, whole, pitted or stuffed.
HojiblancaTable olives · Olive oilHojiblanca is a dual-purpose cultivar from Andalusia, grown around Córdoba, Málaga and Seville. It is milled for oil and processed as table olives, including black ripe olives.
ManzanillaTable olives · Olive oilManzanilla de Sevilla is a Spanish table-olive cultivar with a high flesh-to-pit ratio. It is the classic olive for Spanish-style green olives, pitted and stuffed, and is also grown for black ripe olives outside Spain.
PicualOlive oilPicual is the most planted oil cultivar in Spain, dominant in Jaén. Its oil is high in oleic acid and known for good stability.

Bella di CerignolaTable olivesBella di Cerignola, from the province of Foggia in Apulia, is one of the largest table olives. It is sold green or black, often under the protected designation La Bella della Daunia.
CoratinaOlive oilCoratina is an oil cultivar from Apulia in southern Italy. It is known for robust, bitter and pungent oils with high polyphenol levels.
FrantoioOlive oilFrantoio is a Tuscan oil cultivar that is now grown in many countries. Its oil is fruity with a peppery finish and it is often blended with Leccino.
LeccinoOlive oilLeccino is a hardy oil cultivar from Tuscany that gives mild, delicate oils. It is widely planted in central Italy and abroad.
Nocellara del BeliceTable olives · Olive oilNocellara del Belice comes from the Belice valley in western Sicily and is sold worldwide as the bright green Castelvetrano olive. It is also milled for oil.
TaggiascaTable olives · Olive oilTaggiasca is a small olive from Liguria in north-west Italy. It is used both as a table olive and for delicate, sweet oils.

AyvalıkTable olives · Olive oilAyvalık, also traded as Edremit, is the main oil cultivar of the northern Aegean coast of Turkey around the Gulf of Edremit. It gives fruity, balanced oils and is also prepared as green table olives, including the cracked style known locally as çizik.
DomatTable olivesDomat is a large-fruited table-olive cultivar from the Akhisar area of Manisa in western Turkey. Its firm green fruit is well suited to pitting and stuffing.
GemlikTable olives · Olive oilGemlik is the leading black table-olive cultivar of Turkey, grown around the Sea of Marmara near Bursa and Gemlik. The small to medium fruit is rich in oil and is mostly sold as naturally black olives in brine, dry-salted or in oil, with a share also milled for olive oil.
MemecikTable olives · Olive oilMemecik is the most widespread cultivar of the southern Aegean region of Turkey, around Aydın, Muğla and İzmir. It is a dual-purpose olive used both for oil and for green and black table olives.
UsluTable olivesUslu is a table-olive cultivar from the Akhisar area of Manisa in western Turkey, mainly processed as black olives.

ConservoleaTable olivesConservolea is the most widely grown table-olive cultivar of Greece, centred on Amfissa and central Greece. It is processed both as green and as black olives.
HalkidikiTable olivesHalkidiki is a large green table olive from the Chalkidiki peninsula in northern Greece. The firm fruit is a favourite for stuffing with peppers, garlic or cheese.
KalamataTable olivesKalamata, also called Kalamon, is the Greek table olive from Messinia and Laconia in the Peloponnese. Its almond-shaped, deep purple fruit is usually naturally fermented in brine and often sold slit or pitted; Elia Kalamatas is a protected designation of origin.
KoroneikiOlive oilKoroneiki is the leading oil cultivar of Greece, grown widely in Crete and the Peloponnese. Its small fruit yields fruity, often polyphenol-rich extra virgin olive oil.

ChemlaliOlive oilChemlali is the main olive cultivar of Tunisia, grown across the centre and south around Sfax. Its small fruit supplies most of the country’s olive oil.
ChétouiOlive oilChétoui is the main oil cultivar of northern Tunisia. It gives intense oils with high polyphenol content.

CobrançosaOlive oilCobrançosa is an oil cultivar of Trás-os-Montes in north-east Portugal, also planted in Alentejo.
GalegaTable olives · Olive oilGalega Vulgar is the most widespread olive cultivar of Portugal, especially in Alentejo and the north-east. It is used for oil and for table olives.

LucquesTable olivesLucques is a crescent-shaped green table olive from Languedoc in southern France, protected as Lucques du Languedoc.
PicholineTable olivesPicholine, or Picholine du Languedoc, is a French cultivar from the Gard. It is best known as a crisp green table olive and is also milled for oil.

AraucoTable olives · Olive oilArauco is an Argentine cultivar from La Rioja with large fruit. It is mainly processed as table olives and also milled for oil.

NabaliOlive oilNabali, or Nabali Baladi, is a traditional cultivar of Palestine and Jordan, used for oil and for table olives.

Picholine MarocaineTable olives · Olive oilPicholine Marocaine is the dominant olive cultivar of Morocco. It is a dual-purpose olive used for oil and for green and black table olives.

SouriOlive oilSouri is an ancient oil cultivar of the Levant, grown in Lebanon, Palestine and Israel. It gives intense, peppery oils.