#hackberry

كتب: د. أحمد محمود الشريدة – باحث في التراث الزراعي – الأردن الاسم: المَيْس العربي أو المَيْسة، والاسم العلمي: Celtis australis، وباللغة الإنجليزية: Hackberry.يشير معنى المَيْس إلى التبختر والتمايل والجمال والرقة، ويطلق على نوع من الأشجار الحرجية الصلبة. هي من الأشجار الحرجية النادرة عالميًا، وتنتشر طبيعيًا في دول حوض البحر الأبيض المتوسط، وتزهر في شهر نيسان/أبريل. وتُعد مهمة للحياة البرية…

Also called sugarberry. Celtis laevigata.

My FIL calls them “trash trees.” We’ve tried cutting it down twice but it just grows back stronger and bushier.

Here’s what I’ve learned about hackberry trees:

they are prolific. The birds eat the berries and spread the seeds

They need a fair amount of water

The wood is weak and they can drop branches

This information came from this website:

I also learned that the fruit is edible (and apparently delicious).

I found this YouTube clip talking about hackberry fruit:

When I first tried a hackberry I thought it was gross because it tastes like a fig newton and I hate those. I learned a while back that Native Americans would grind them up, seed and all to make a sort of fruity nutty energy bar type of deal. So I tried just popping the whole berry in my mouth and crunching up the seed, and it's actually really good like that!

I looked up recipes to use them in and the website I found was like "the texture isn't for everyone...here's some ways you can reduce how crunchy they are...I know it's weird that they're so crunchy..." You Fool! The Extreme Crunch is the best part! The seed inside makes them sooooooo crunchy it's like eating ice cubes without the pain. It's not at all hard and difficult to bite through it's just Super Crunchy

HackberryPi Zero: Mobilsystem mit Blackberry-Tastatur und Linux

Der HackberryPi Zero ist ein kompaktes und mobiles Computersystem, welches nicht zufällig an einen Blackberry erinnert. Das Modell kommt mit einem Raspberry Pi und bringt zwei Akkus mit, welche sich auch besonders schnell austauschen lassen.

#hackberry #blackberry #raspberry

Origin: Arabic ميس Meaning: “hackberry tree; sugarberry tree” Gender: feminine Pron: (MAH-ees; MIES) The name comes directly from the Arabic word ميس which is the name of the hackberry tree. Sources https://www.almaany.com/en/dict/ar-en/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B3/ https://www.behindthename.com/name/mais/submitted https://www.behindthename.com/name/mays/submitted