Which is the eldest Olive tree in the world?

Have you ever though which is the eldest olive tree alive in earth?

According to Wikipedia, the oldest olive tree alive on earth is “The Sisters”.
It’s age is about 6.000 – 6.800 years old, and is ranged as second older tree behind “Pando” which is 80.000 – 1.000.000 y.o.

“The Sisters”  are also called “The Sisters Olive Trees of Noah” alleged to be the world's oldest living olive tree.

“The Sisters” are located in Bechealeh, Batroun district, Lebanon and it’s variety / species is Olea europaea, Baladi/Ayrouni: Genotype

“The Sisters” olive trees remain one of the great unresolved and virtually unexplored pre-Biblical mysteries; common folklore and a few Biblical Scholars believe that these are the trees from which the dove took the branch back to Noah when the deluge subsided.

This is a plausible theory if you consider that during that great flood when the whole of the Middle East was underwater, “The Sisters” perched at 1300 meters in altitude made them the de facto highest ever planted olive trees from antiquity till our modern day era.

Read more about “The Sisters” following the links below:
http://www.greenprophet.com/2013/01/noah-olive-trees-lebanon/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_trees
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisters_Olive_Trees_of_Noah
and of course: http://www.sistersoliveoil.com/


More about the eldest Olive trees worldwide, in next articles.

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