micocoule : The micocoule is the fruit hackberry tree from Provence or hackberry tree from the South (family of Cannabaceae - Botanical name: celtis australis), which is a arbre familiar from tropical or temperate regions.
The hackberry tree is an ornamental tree obsolete appreciated in the Mediterranean landscape where it can live up to 600 years. As it develops, it takes on a rounded and spreading shape and can be 15 to 25 m high and 8 to 10 m wide in its original environment (Southern Europe and Asia Minor). In cool regions it forms a small tree.
Its bark gray marked with protuberances resembles that of the beech.
Slender and regular, the trunk which easily reaches 1 m in diameter, shows significant buttresses at the base.
Its oval, toothed leaves alternate are rough and resemble those of theortie, the most common English name for the tree is “nettle tree”.
This tree monoecious gives, in spring, small flowers green pollinated by the wind.
fruits are meaty (drupes) and groceries, very appreciated by wildlife.
Microcoils are used to develop desserts and products of bakery.
We also flavor one alcohol Provencal.