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Pistacia lentiscus (also lentisk or mastic) is a dioecious evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Pistacia native to the Mediterranean Basin.It grows up to 4 m (13 ft) tall and is cultivated for its aromatic resin, mainly on the Greek island of Chios, around the Turkish town of Çeşme [2] [3] and northern parts of Iraq.
Mastic tree is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Pistacia lentiscus (Anacardiaceae) – mastic – Mediterranean region. Source of mastic gum. Sideroxylon foetidissimum (Sapotaceae) – yellow mastic or false mastic – Caribbean region and Central America; Terminalia eriostachya (Combretaceae) – black mastic – Cuba and ...
Mastic (Greek: Μαστίχα) is a resin obtained from the mastic tree (Pistacia lentiscus). [1] It is also known as tears of Chios , [ 2 ] being traditionally produced on the island Chios , and, like other natural resins , is produced in "tears" or droplets.
In Chios, it is widely prized for its resin, called Mastic (Greek: Μαστίχα). Mastic is widely used in traditional medicine and food, especially desserts. The resin is also made into chewing gums and is thought to be among the first chewing gums ever invented. The resin is harvested by scratching "wounds" on the tree's trunk and branches.
Pistacia atlantica is a species of pistachio tree known by the English common name Kurdish bīnka/banê, Mt. Atlas mastic tree, Atlas pistachio, Atlantic pistacio, Atlantic terebinth and Cyprus turpentine tree. P. atlantica has three subspecies or varieties which have been described as atlantica, cabulica, and mutica.
Mastic resin from Pistacia lentiscus. Pistacia is a genus of flowering plants in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae.It contains 10 to 20 species that are native to Africa and Eurasia from the Canary Islands, all of Africa, and southern Europe, warm and semidesert areas across Asia, and North America from Guatemala to Mexico, as well as southern Texas.
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Dry fruit of Pistacia terebinthus (MHNT collection). Aphid Forda formicaria galls on the leaflets.. Pistacia terebinthus also called the terebinth / ˈ t ɛ r ə ˌ b ɪ n θ / and the turpentine tree, is a deciduous shrub species of the genus Pistacia, native to the Mediterranean region from the western regions of Morocco and Portugal to Greece and western and southeastern Turkey.