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Pistacia terebinthus (species)


Identification code: 300375605



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Alternative term/s

  • Cyprus turpentine
  • terebinth
  • turpentine-tree

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Species of small deciduous tree or large shrub growing to 7 m in height, native to the Mediterranean region. Believed to have been mentioned in Mycenaean texts; known in Biblical texts and in Ancient Greece. Sap is used as a medicine, and to create an oil of turpentine; the fruit is used to make bread. The bark and galls are used for tanning leather and making a beverage.

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