Pistacia lentiscus L.

English: Mastic Tree

German: Mastixstrauch

Portuguese: Alfostigueiro

Kingdom: Plantae (2654)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2567)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2163)

      Order: Sapindales (71)

        Family: Anacardiaceae (19)(family description)

          Genus: Pistacia (2)

            Epithet: lentiscus L. (1)

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

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: green, white

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• [633] Pistacia lentiscus - Plants For A Future database

• [3] González, G.L. (2004): Guia de los árboles y arbustos de la Península Iberica y Baleares. Mundi-Prensa Libros, Madrid, Spain.
• [7] Lüpnitz, D. (1984): Pflanzen am Mittelmeer. BLV Verlagsgesellschaft, München, Germany.
• [11] Schönfelder, I. and Schönfelder, P. (1999): Die Kosmos-Mittelmeerflora. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart, Germany.