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[[Olea oleaster]], the wild | [[Olea oleaster]], the [[wild olive]], has been considered by various botanists a valid species and a subspecies of the [[cultivate]]d [[olive tree]], [[Olea europea]], which is a tree of multiple origins that was domesticated, it now appears, at various places during the fourth and third millennia BCE, in selections drawn from varying local populations. The [[wild-olive]] (Ancient Greek [[κότινος]]/kótinos), which ancient Greeks distinguished from the cultivated [[olive tree]] (Ancient Greek [[ἐλαία]]/[[ἐλἀα]]), was used to fashion the [[olive wreath]] awarded [[victor]]s at the ancient [[Olympic games]]. The ancient and sacred wild-olive tree of Olympia stood near the [[temple of Zeus]], patron of the games. | ||
Today, as a result of natural hybridization and the very ancient domestication and extensive cultivation of the olive throughout the Mediterranean Basin, wild-looking feral forms of olive, called "oleasters", constitute a complex of populations, potentially ranging from feral forms to the wild-olive. The wild-olive is a tree of the maquis shrubland, itself in part the result of the long presence of mankind. | Today, as a result of natural hybridization and the very ancient domestication and extensive cultivation of the olive throughout the Mediterranean Basin, wild-looking feral forms of olive, called "oleasters", constitute a complex of populations, potentially ranging from feral forms to the wild-olive. The wild-olive is a tree of the maquis shrubland, itself in part the result of the long presence of mankind. | ||
The drought-tolerant sclerophyllous tree is believed to have originated in the eastern Mediterranean Basin. It still provides the hardy and disease-resistant rootstock on which cultivated olive varieties are grafted. | The drought-tolerant sclerophyllous tree is believed to have originated in the eastern Mediterranean Basin. It still provides the hardy and disease-resistant rootstock on which cultivated olive varieties are grafted. | ||
