Common name
English: Mastic Tree
German: Mastixstrauch
Portuguese: Alfostigueiro
English: Mastic Tree
German: Mastixstrauch
Portuguese: Alfostigueiro
Kingdom: Plantae (2595)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2492)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2107)
Order: Sapindales (67)
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
Check for Pistacia lentiscus at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNILiterature