29/10/2024
What you are seeing on the top is what we called Wild Acebuche that goes into our Dominis Acebuche!
In comparison to the “cultivated” olives, they are so much smaller. Now you can see why commercially, no one is producing Wild Acebuche olive oil anymore because the amount of oil you can extract is far less.
The Wild Acebuche, in botany, the Olea Europea var. Sylvestris, an ancestor of the olive tree, has existed in the Sierra Mágina Natural Park since the end of the last glacial period, when native populations started to appear at a considerable height above sea level, in a meso-Mediterranean climate that reaches temperatures of 40° C in summer and below 0° C in winter.
The height above sea level, the extraordinary thermal range throughout the year, and the water stress caused by regular drought periods provide the native Acebuches of Sierra Mágina with a greater response in the form of bioactive components of the fruit, which translates into increased antioxidant content (tocopherols and polyphenols) and vitamins A, D, E and K, in Acebuchina oil.
Wild Acebuches that grow spontaneously are specimens with a genome that is unique, unrepeatable, and different from the rest of Acebuches; in this, it differs from all olive tree varieties (the «domesticated» Acebuche, brought to the Iberian Peninsula by the Phoenicians) that share the genome inherent to each olive variety.
It has a slow vegetative growth, yet great longevity! The law of the nature always teaches us a thing or two.
With an exceptionally high squalene (> 6500mg/kg) it is also a perfect skincare option with a research backing its use on skin.
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