Pistacia terebinthus

"Terebinth" redirects here. For the Roman mausoleum, see Terebinth of Nero.

Pistacia terebinthus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae
Genus: Pistacia
Species:
P. terebinthus
Binomial name
Pistacia terebinthus
Distribution
Synonyms[1]
  • Lentiscus vulgaris Garsault nom. inval.
  • Pistacia terebinthina St.-Lag. [Spelling variant]
  • Terebinthus communis Dum.Cours.
  • Pistacia palaestina Boiss.
  • Terebinthus vulgaris Dum.Cours.
Dry fruit of Pistacia terebinthus (MHNT collection).
Aphid Forda formicaria galls on the leaflets.

Pistacia terebinthus also called the terebinth /ˈtɛrəˌbɪnθ/ and the turpentine tree, is a deciduous shrub species of the genus Pistacia, native to the Mediterranean region from the western regions of Morocco and Portugal to Greece and western and southeastern Turkey. At one time terebinths growing on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea (in Syria, Lebanon and Israel) were regarded as a separate species, Pistacia palaestina,[2] but these are now considered to be a synonym of P. terebinthus.

  1. ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Palestine Terebinth - Pistacia terebinthus subsp. Palaestina". Archived from the original on 2021-07-01.