Artificial Black Olive Tree — 5 to 7 ft, PE Foliage, White Round Pot

A dense, tiered black olive tree in durable PE foliage, offered in three heights from 5 ft to 7 ft in a white round pot. Black olive is the common name for Bucida buceras, a tropical shade tree prized for its layered, dark-green canopy rather than for fruit — a different look from the fine grey-green leaf of the Mediterranean olive trees elsewhere in our range.

The three heights give you a compact, budget-friendly size range with the same dense, tiered silhouette that makes Bucida buceras such a distinctive shade tree in its native climate. Indoors it works as a floor-standing piece for an office or living room corner, with no fruit or berry drop to manage.

Specifications

Heights available	5 ft · 6 ft · 7 ft
Species	Black olive (Bucida buceras)
Foliage material	PE
Trunk	Not specified
Fruit/olive count	Not applicable — this variety does not carry fruit
Pot	White round pot
Leaf count	Not specified
UV rating	Not specified
Placement	Indoor, floor-standing (offices and homes)
Assembly	Not specified

Which height should I buy for my room?

Height	Ceiling it suits	What it does in the room
5 ft	8 ft	The smallest of the three; a corner or desk-adjacent piece.
6 ft	8–9 ft	The middle option and the closest to a standard-room default.
7 ft	9 ft and over	The tallest size on this product; wants real air above the canopy.

Artificial black olive, or a real Bucida buceras?

	This tree	Live Bucida buceras
Light required	None	Full sun, grown as an outdoor shade tree — a Canadian winter kills it outright
Realistic indoor role	A styled floor piece, any climate	Not grown indoors in temperate Canada at any scale
Mature size outdoors	Fixed at 5–7 ft	A genuine shade tree, eventually tens of feet tall and wide in a tropical climate
Maintenance	A damp cloth occasionally	Outdoor tropical horticulture: irrigation, pruning, frost protection where marginal
What the live species offers that this can't	Nothing, indoors	A genuine tiered, dark-green shade canopy — only in a tropical or subtropical climate

A live Bucida buceras is not a houseplant anywhere in Canada, so the honest comparison isn't this tree against a live one in your living room — it's this tree against no real option at all outside the tropics.

What arrives in the box, and what do I have to do to it?

Every tree on this site ships compressed. The branches are folded in against the trunk so the box survives transit, and it will come out looking flatter and thinner than the photographs. Opening it out by hand makes the difference between a tree that reads as real and one that reads as a prop: work from the lowest branches upward, pull each stem away from its neighbour, and give the leaves individual angles rather than a uniform fan.

On a tiered canopy like this, work branch by branch outward from the trunk rather than fanning the whole crown at once, so the layered look the species is known for actually reads once it's unpacked. Shipping damage is the most common complaint in this category — inspect the pot and the trunk before you accept delivery, and photograph anything damaged before you unpack further.

Who should not buy this?

• Anyone wanting a fruiting Mediterranean olive. This product is black olive, Bucida buceras, a different species entirely. If you want a tree that fruits and reads as classically Mediterranean, choose one of our other olive products instead.
• Direct, unshaded outdoor sun. This tree is best suited to indoor use.

Common questions

Is a black olive tree the same as a regular olive tree?

No. "Black olive" is the common name for Bucida buceras, a tropical shade tree grown for its dense, tiered canopy — it is not a dark-fruiting variety of the Mediterranean olive, Olea europaea, that most of our other olive products represent. This tree does not carry fruit or olives at any height.

Does this tree have olives on it?

No. Bucida buceras is grown for its foliage and form as a shade tree, not for fruit, unlike the Mediterranean olive most of our other listings represent with published olive counts at several heights. If a fruiting olive tree is what you're shopping for, choose one of those instead.

What size fits a standard living room?

The 6 ft is the middle option here and a reasonable default under an 8 to 9 ft ceiling. The 5 ft reads more as a corner or desk-adjacent piece, and the 7 ft wants roughly two feet of clear air above the canopy or it looks crammed rather than deliberate. Measure the corner as well as the ceiling before ordering.