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Taxonomy
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TAXON
Pistacia lentiscus L.
FAMILY
Anacardiaceae R. Br.
ALTERNATE FAMILY
nom. cons.
OTHER FAMILY:
Pistaciaceae
GENUS
Pistacia L.
SPECIES
lentiscus L. Sp. pl. 2:1026. 1753
Plant Description
Evergreen; Large irregular shrub, or trained as single or multistemmed tree about 15-25ft with equal or greater spread. Leaves pinnately compound, 3-5 pairs of 1in leaflets; winged petiole. Flowers dioecious; inconspicuous, in axils of leafs. Fruit rarely present, red to black berries . Stems/Trunks reddish when young, gray when older, attractive winged petiol on the plant.
*Description source: Not verified.
NLAM BLOG DATA
- The term Rumamastagi refers to the aromatic resin procured from Pistacia lentiscus.
- The aromatic, ivory coloured resin, also known as mastic (or mastix), is harvested as a spice from the cultivated mastic trees grown in the south of the Greek island of Chios in the Aegean Sea, where it is also known by the name "Chios Tears". Originally liquid, it is sun dried into drops of hard, brittle, translucent resin. When chewed, the resin softens and becomes a bright white and opaque gum.