Pistacia terebinthus
Turpentine (Pistacia terebinthus )
The turpentine (Pistacia terebinthus ), also called turpentine tree, a plant belonging to the family of Anacardiaceae is ( Anacardiaceae ).
Features
The turpentine - Pistachio is a deciduous, 2-5 m tall shrub or small tree. The leaves are pinnate. The leaf stalks are bare. The rachis is not winged. There are 3 to 9 leaflets available, the 2 to 8.5 centimeters long and oval and have a small patch tip. The flowers are arranged in long panicles and brownish. Verkehrteiförmigen the fruit is 5-7 mm long. They are initially red and discolored later brownish.
The flowering period extends from April to July.
Occurrence
Turpentine pistachios come in the Mediterranean area in open forests and maquis up in the mountain stage before. The species usually grows on lime.
Use
The turpentine - Pistachio can be used (in addition mainly used conifers ) for the extraction of turpentine ( turpentine Cypriot ).
System
The subspecies Pistacia terebinthus subsp. palaestina ( Boiss. ) Engler (synonym: . Pistacia palaestina Boiss ) is native to the eastern Mediterranean region of Israel to the Aegean. In contrast to the taxon nominotypischen the terminal leaflet of leaves is smaller than the lateral leaflets, merely reduced to a tip or missing entirely.