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Pistacia lentiscus (mastic tree)

Synonyms: Lentiscus vulgaris (homotypic); Pistacia narbonensis; Terebinthus vulgaris

Wikipedia Abstract

Pistacia lentiscus (also mastic; Greek: μαστίχα mastíkha ) is a dioecious evergreen shrub or small tree of the pistacio genus growing up to 4 m (13 ft) tall which is cultivated for its aromatic resin, mainly on the Greek island of Chios.
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Infraspecies

Pistacia lentiscus emarginata
Pistacia lentiscus lentiscus

Attributes

Dispersal Mode [2]  Endozoochory, Zoochory
Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Dioecious
Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Scent [1]  All parts of the plant are aromatic.
Structure [1]  Shrub
Usage [1]  The resin 'mastic' is obtained by making incisions in the bark (not the trunk) of the tree from mid summer to the autumn; It can be dried and used as a powder, or distilled for oil and essence; It is used in high grade varnishes, as a fixative in perfumes, tooth pastes, glue (especially for false beards), embalming, a temporary filling for teeth etc; It is used to seal the edges of microscope mounts and is also chewed to preserve the teeth and gums; An oil obtained from the seed is used for lighting, soap making etc; The leaves contain up to 19% tannin, they are often used as an adulterant of sumac, Rhus coriaria;
Height [1]  16.4 feet (5 m)
Width [1]  9.84 feet (3 m)
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Protected Areas

Predators

Providers

Pollinated by 
Podarcis lilfordi (Lilford's Wall Lizard)[9]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Paula S, Arianoutsou M, Kazanis D, Tavsanoglu Ç, Lloret F, Buhk C, Ojeda F, Luna B, Moreno JM, Rodrigo A, Espelta JM, Palacio S, Fernández-Santos B, Fernandes PM, and Pausas JG. 2009. Fire-related traits for plant species of the Mediterranean Basin. Ecology 90: 1420.
Paula S. & Pausas J.G. 2013. BROT: a plant trait database for Mediterranean Basin species. Version 2013.06.
♦ 3HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 5Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 6Recruitment of a Mast-Fruiting, Bird-Dispersed Tree: Bridging Frugivore Activity and Seedling Establishment, Carlos M. Herrera, Pedro Jordano, Luis López-Soria, Juan A. Amat, Ecological Monographs, 64(3), 1994, pp. 315-344
♦ 7A STUDY OF AVIAN FRUGIVORES, BIRD-DISPERSED PLANTS, AND THElR INTERACTION IN MEDITERRANEAN SCRUBLANDS, CARLOS M. HERRERA, Ecological Monographs, 54(1), 1984, pp. 1-23
♦ 8Frugivorous diet of autumn migrant Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca: a review and new data, A. Hernández, Butll. GCA 16: 53-60, 1999
♦ 9POLLEN LOAD AND TRANSPORT BY THE INSULAR LIZARD, PODARCIS LILFORDI (SQUAMATA, LACERTIDAE) IN COASTAL ISLETS OF MENORCA (BALEARIC ISLANDS, SPAIN), VALENTíN PÉREZ-MELLADO, FELISA ORTEGA, SANDRA MARTíN -GARCíA , ANA PERERA, AND GLORIA CORTáZAR, ISRAEL JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, Vol. 46, 2000, pp. 193–200
♦ 10Frugivory, external morphology and digestive system in Mediterranean sylviid warblers Sylvia spp., Pedro Jordano, IBIS 129: 175-189 (1987)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0