**" Ravece "**

*(synonymy: Curatona, Olivona, Ravaiola.)* 

Areal distribution or origin area: **Campania** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **low (3,19 ± 0,20)**  Oil content (%): **medium (41,11 ± 1,67)** Purpose: **oil**

## *Morphological characters*

*Tree characters*  Vigour: **medium-weak**  Growth habit: **spreading-erect**  Canopy-density: **medium-sparse** 

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

316 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,01 ± 0,01**  Palmitic acid **13,28 ± 1,01** Palmitoleic acid **1,44 ± 0,06** Stearic acid **1,70 ± 0,07** Oleic acid **71,90 ± 2,47**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

**sity, medium fluidity.**

*Molecular Markers* 

*Table 2.* Microsatellites (SSR) *loci* analyzed.

For each *locus* the allele size (expressed in base pairs) is reported.

**References:** 

*Comment:* **fruity medium - light, with hints of artichoke and almond. Balanced in flavours, with hints of bitter and spicy medium inten-**

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **9,23 ± 1,30** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,76 ± 0,06** Arachic acid **0,22 ± 0,07** Eicosenoic acid **0.03 ± 0,01** Behenic acid **0,08 ± 0,01**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **176 - 198 179 - 181 212 - 222 218 - 224 124 - 144 157 - 159** 

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **144 - 144 150 - 150 177 - 182 182 - 210 185 - 185** 

1 - Lombardo N. In: *Le risorse genetiche vegetali presso gli* IRSA, MIPAF (2001), 1: pp. 361-405. 2 - Muzzalupo I., Stefanizzi F., Bucci C., *et al.* In *Acta Italus Hortus,* (2011), 1: 138 –140.

*Table 1.* Average values (express in % ± standard deviations) of the fatty acids methyl esters and nutritional ratios obtained from single cultivar olive oils.

Lignoceric acid **0,05 ± 0,03** 

Unsat./satured **5,50 ± 0,49** ǚ6/ǚ3 **12,23 ± 2,64**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (5,98 ± 1,19)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,22 ± 0,27)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,57 ± 2,38)** Number of flowers: **low (14,76 ± 0,57)**

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,86 ± 0,10)** Shape (length/width): **ovoid**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **pointed**  Base: **rounded**  Niplle: **absent** Lenticels: **many and small** 

*Pit characters*  Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (0,68 ± 0,03)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic**  Mucron: **obvious**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **towards apex**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **pointed**  Surface: **scabrous**  Number of grooves: **high** 

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Raza "** *(synonymy: Bezzana, Olivo selvatico, Rezzana, etc.)*  Innocenzo Muzzalupo 319

Areal distribution or origin area: **Veneto** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **low (3,29 ± 0,20)**  Oil content (%): **medium (45,49 ± 1,11)**

*Morphological characters* 

Purpose: **oil**

*Tree characters* 

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

**towards apex**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Niplle: **absent**

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **tenuous** 

**towards apex**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Surface: **smooth** 

Vigour: **medium-strong**  Growth habit: **spreading**  Canopy-density: **medium-dense** 

Blade length (cm): **short (4,85 ± 0,44)**  Blade width (cm): **medium (1,30 ± 0,14)** 

Number of flowers: **low (13,61 ± 0,94)** 

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (3,33 ± 1,43)** 

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,17 ± 0,04)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (0,51 ± 0,02)** 

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Shape (length/width): **elliptic** 

Shape (length/width): **ovoid**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** 

Lenticels: **many and small** 

Shape (length/width): **ovoid** 

Symmetry: **slightly asymmetrc** 

Number of grooves: **low** 

*Inflorescence characters*

*Table 1.* Average values (express in % ± standard deviations) of the fatty acids methyl esters and nutritional ratios obtained from single cultivar olive oils.


#### *Organoleptic oil values*

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Comment:* **fruity medium-high, with hints of grass and tomato, read sensations of almond and artichoke. Balanced taste sensation with a medium-high bitter and spicy. Mediumhigh fluidity.**

## *Molecular Markers*

*Table 2.* Microsatellites (SSR) *loci* analyzed.

For each *locus* the allele size (expressed in base pairs) is reported.


#### **References:**

1 - Various authors. In: *Catalogo Nazionale delle Varietà di Olivo* . University of Bari (in press), ISBN 978-88-88793- 97-9.

2 - Muzzalupo I., Stefanizzi F., Perri E. *HortScience* (2009), 44: pp. 582-588.
