It is one of the most important green table olive varieties of the Aegean Region. Its origin is Akhisar district of Manisa province and cultivated intensively in Manisa region. In recent years, its cultivation has become widespread in other regions as well.

It is a Greek variety. It is cultivated mainly in the regions of North Greece and more specifically in Chalkidiki, Thessaloniki, Serres, Kavala, Xanthi, and Thessaly. Recently, it started being cultivated also in the regions of Fthiotida, Aetoloakarnania, and Arta.

It is a Greek variety. It is grown throughout the mainland (Aetoloakarnania, Lakonia, Fthiotida Messinia, Arkadia, Ilia) and recently has been expanded in Thessaly, Macedonia, Epirus, Samos, and Crete.

Origin is Gemlik district of Bursa province. It is the most widely cultivated olive variety in Turkiye. This variety accounts for 48.7% of the total number of trees in the whole cultivated area.

Origin is Muğla province. It is one of the most important varieties of the Aegean Region and found extensively in olive plantations in the south of the region.  It constitutes approximately 19% of all olive trees in Turkiye (Sector Report 2016).

It is the most widespread olive oil variety in Greece. The majority of plantations are located in Crete and Peloponnese while it is practically grown throughout Greece.

It is an ancient Greek variety. It is mainly grown in western Crete and southern Peloponnese. In Crete there are numerous trees with age of thousands of years still producing fruit. It accounts for 15-20% of the country’s olive growing acreage.

Origin is Akhisar (Manisa province). It is one of the important olive varieties grown as black table olive after Gemlik in Turkiye. It is mostly cultivated in Manisa (Akhisar and Turgutlu), Izmir (Kemalpaşa and Selçuk) and Muğla (Centrum and Yatağan) provinces.

The name 'Mari' in Farsi means Snake-shaped. This cultivar takes its name from its slightly long fruits which are snake-shaped.

This cultivar is one of the most widespread cultivars across Iran but mostly in Northern area such as Guilan, Qazvin and Zanjan and Sefid-rud river basin and is about 25% of all cultivated cultivars in these regions.

Zard is the most widespread olive cultivar in Iran with a high and alternate productivity with around 44,000 ha of cultivated area. It has high oil content (20-25%) that leads Cultivators tend to cultivate this variety because of its high productivity and due to being a dual-purpose crop.

It is the most dominant cultivar in Israeli intensive olive orchards (25%). Some diffusion in some new producing countries like Australia, New Zealand and Argentina.

Italian cultivar present in the Apulia region, with the most widespread area in the north-west of the Foggia province. The same genotype, under the name of Bosana, represents the most important cultivar of Sardinia island, meanwhile under other names is cultivated in Molise and Marche regions.

The genetic origin of this cultivar is unknown.

This cultivar has likely derived from the varieties Frantoio and Lezze.

Unknown genetic origin. Cultivar mainly present in the Belice Valley of Sicily, where it has been grown for a very long time.

It is the most important variety in Catalonia, where it occupies more than 55,000 ha. It is also widespread in Aragon and, recently, in Andalusia, where it occupies more than 20,000 ha in intensive plantations. Outside Spain it is mainly found in Argentina.
 

The genetic origin of this cultivar is unknown, even if the presence of cultivars in the Eastern Mediterranean with the same profile could suggest its origin from that area and subsequent introduction in the countries of Central Mediterranean, such as Italy and France.

Unknown genetic origin. Variety mainly present in Tuscany and in neighboring regions of central Italy.