Wonders of Nature - White Olives, Symbol of Peace and Good Health

In the Mediterranean, many farmers have experimented by cultivating other crops that are best adapted to the climate and conditions here. 

 Maybe it's time for Mediterranean farmers to try cultivating another miracle alongside other special products they are cultivating on their farms. 

 Leucocarpa, also known as leucolea, is a rare olive variety, found mainly in southern Italy, in the region historically known as "Magna Graecia" or Greater Greece. It derives its name from the Greek words white (leucos), olive (elaea) and seed (carpos), leucocarpa or olive leucolea is mainly characterized by its small shape. But during the ripening process, its fruits take on a delicate ivory or white pearl color. 

According to ScanTv, experts claim that this particular seed, most likely, appeared in southern Italy during the years of Greek colonization of the Italian peninsula and Sicily. This unique white olive tree is part of the wider family of olives, known to the scientific world as "olea Europea", which means European olive. 

  

Cultivated in Mediterranean countries 

The south of Italy is not the only place where this variety is produced, it exists in a similar species in Greece, but they are quite rare, but also in some areas along the Mediterranean coast of North Africa and along the entire west coast of the Atlantic. Portugal. 

 However, its products are not exported in an organized and systematic manner. Leucocarpa has been traditionally used in past centuries by Mediterranean communities, mainly for religious purposes, as its white color became synonymous with purity. 

 Used for Emperors and Kings 

There is evidence that even the Christian churches of the region were known to use the special olive oil produced from this variety for the health of emperors and kings. 

Unfortunately, for unknown reasons, Leucocarpa spread less and more over the years, and its olives and oils are now rare products, but its delicate beauty is really quite attractive. Anyone who is interested in seeing what this type of olive looks like or tastes its oil will have to try to do a lot of research as it is not very easy to find them in regular supermarkets. /

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