WorldFloraDB - Pistacia terebinthus

Characteristics

A shrub or small tree. It grows 10 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaves are compound and 10-20 cm long. The pinnae have 5-11 opposite oval leaflets. These are shiny and 2-6 cm long by 103 cm wide. Trees are separately male and female. The flowers are reddish-purple. The fruit are small and round and 5-7 mm long. They are blue and turn red to black when ripe.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

dioecy

Pollination

anemogamy

Spread

endozoochory

Mature width (meter)

6.0

Mature height (meter)

6.0 - 8.0

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

0.5

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Dry open woods and scrub, often on slopes, usually in calcareous soils; at elevations up to 1,850 metres.

More

It is a Mediterranean climate plant. It grows up to 600 m above sea level.

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The fruit are used to make a drink. The dry fruit is used as coffee. The fruit are eaten fresh, dried or roasted. They are also used to make a special bread. The young leaves are eaten alone. They are also added to pickles. They are also fried with onion and egg. The flowers are eaten raw. The oil from the fruit is used in cooking.

Uses	coffee substitute dye food gene source gum material medicinal oil wood
Edible	flowers fruits leaves seeds stems
Therapeutic use	Callus (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified), Cancer(Face) (unspecified), Cancer(Medullary) (unspecified), Cancer(Pylorus) (unspecified), Cancer(Testicle) (unspecified), Cancer(Uterus) (unspecified), Corn (unspecified), Cyst (unspecified), Epithelioma (unspecified), Excrescence (unspecified), Fungoid (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified), Mouthwash (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Ascites (unspecified), Cancer(Lip) (unspecified), Cancer(Rectum) (unspecified), Cancer(Vagina) (unspecified), Carcinoma (unspecified), Hair-Oil (unspecified), Sclerosis(Liver) (unspecified), Tumor(Spleen) (unspecified), Cancer(Breast) (unspecified), Cancer(Liver) (unspecified), Cancer(Spleen) (unspecified), Cancer(Tongue) (unspecified), Melanosis (unspecified), Sclerosis(Breast) (unspecified), Polyp (unspecified), Astringents (unspecified), General tonic for rejuvenation (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	soaking
Minimum temperature (C°)	-12
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-