Olea europea 'Picholine' (Olive)

Sicilian dual purpose olive and is of high ornamental appeal with its large dark green leaves. Weeping habit. Fruit is pickled green, or produces a high quality, light and perfumed oil. Pollinators include Frantoio and Leccino.

The Picholine is a French cultivar of olives. It is the most widely available cultivar in France. Though originally from Gard in southern France, it is today grown all over the world. The Picholine is best known as a cocktail olive, though it is also used to make olive oil. It is the most common variety of olive used for oil from Morocco.