Pistacia lentiscus

Plant Characteristics
Origin:	✈	?

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
Water:	◍	?"?" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property.

Scientific Names

Read about Pistacia lentiscus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Pistacia lentiscus, Linn. Small evergreen tree, often shrubby, up to 12-15 ft.: lvs. even-pinnate with winged petioles; lfts. 3-5 pairs, coriaceous, glossy green above, light green below, ovate, obtuse: drupe about 1 in. diam., orbicular, slightly apiculate. reddish finally black at maturity. Medit. region.—In Algeria, it forms dense copses along the coast of 15,000 hectares in extent. It is the mastic tree of the island of Chios. The gum is obtained by making transverse incisions in the bark. This gum is in constant use by Turkish and Arab women in the harems under the impression that it whitens the teeth and perfumes the breath. Oil is pressed from the seeds, one hundred kilos producing twenty litres of oil. It is used by the Arabs for food and lights. The flexible twigs are used by the same people for baskets. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

Do you have cultivation info on this plant? Edit this section!

Do you have propagation info on this plant? Edit this section!

Do you have pest and disease info on this plant? Edit this section!

If you have a photo of this plant, please upload it! Plus, there may be other photos available for you to add.

w:Pistacia lentiscus. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
Pistacia lentiscus QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)

This article is a stub. You can help Gardenology.org by expanding it.