VIRBOGA
Home Collections Lists Contact
Pistacia lentiscus - Fruits - Click to enlarge!

Fruits; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2006 © Jörn Germer

Pistacia lentiscus - Branch - Click to enlarge!

Branch; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2006 © Jörn Germer

Pistacia lentiscus - Upper and lower side of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower side of leaf; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2006 © Jörn Germer

Pistacia lentiscus - Winged petiol - Click to enlarge!

Winged petiol; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2006 © Jörn Germer

Pistacia lentiscus - Bark - Click to enlarge!

Bark; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2006 © Jörn Germer

Pistacia lentiscus - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2006 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 397
Date of entry: 13.09.2006
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Mastic Tree

German: Mastixstrauch

Portuguese: Alfostigueiro

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2564)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2462)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2084)

      Order: Sapindales (66)

        Family: Anacardiaceae (18)(family description)

          Genus: Pistacia (2)

            Epithet: lentiscus L.(1)

lentiscus => from lat. lentus = tough, resistant, tenacious in reference to the gum of Pistacia lentiscus

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: green, white

External links

Check for Pistacia lentiscus at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

Search for more