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Elaeagnus macrophylla

Shrub

HomeShrubElaeagnus macrophylla

Thickets in lowland, especially near the sea.

Family: Elaeagnaceae
Height: 3 m / 10 ft
Sun, Semi-shade, Shade
Light, Medium and Heavy Soil
Dry to Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 5 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 2 of 5
Other Uses: 3 of 5

Native Habitat

Broad-leaved Oleaster Elaeagnus macrophylla native habitat is Thickets in lowland, especially near the sea.

Edible Uses

Fruit - raw or cooked. A very acceptable rich flavour when fully ripe, though it is somewhat astringent before then. A potentially very valuable crop, ripening as it does in April and May. We are not sure how reliable a crop it is though, some plants bear very heavy crops whilst others rarely bear fruit. The fruit is up to 30mm long and contains a single large seed. Seed - raw or cooked. A mild flavour, that has a hint of peanut, it can be eaten in quantity. It can be eaten together with the fruit though the seed case is rather fibrous.

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