Family: Anacardiaceae Genus: Pistacia Common name: Mastic, Bush, Llentiscle, mata Uses and properties: Aromatic. Edible or food uses. Medicinal. Flowering time: Between March and April. Vital forms: Macrophanerophyte (Macrofaneròfit). Habitats: Mountain xerophytes and carritxeres. Garden plants. Ullastrar and other sclerophyllous chaparral, juniper groves. Heather marshes, siliceous shoots. Pine and chaparral woods with rosemary and thyme. All chaparral, sclerophyllous woods and shoots. Features: The shrub or mastic is a shrub that can grow into a sapling; it is very abundant in chaparral and the undergrowth of pine and holm oak woods. The compound leaves with coriaceous leaflets are very characteristic, as is the resinous scent of the whole plant. It differs from Pistacia terebinthus in that the compound leaves have a terminal leaflet (i.e. an odd number of leaflets), are much larger and fall in winter. Information taken from the website http://herbarivirtual.uib.es/ i de Pellicer, Joan (2000). Costumari Botànic. Edicions del Bullent. |