Anacardiaceae
Mt. Atlas mastic tree
Pistacia atlantica
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- Genus
- Pistacia
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- بطم أطلسي, البطم الأطلسي, البطوم, مستكي
- Armenian
- Պիստակենի բթատերև
- arz
- بطم اطلسى
- azb
- چاتلانقوش
- Azerbaijani
- Atlantika püstəsi
- Chinese
- 翅軸黃連木, 翅轴黄连木
- English
- Mt. Atlas mastic tree, Baneh
- Georgian
- Საკმლის ხე
- German
- Atlantische Pistazie
- Hebrew
- אלה אטלנטית
- Japanese
- ピスタシア・アトランティカ
- kab
- Ig
- Macedonian
- Атлантски ф’стак
- Persian
- بنه, پسته اطلسی, پسته کوهی
- Polish
- Pistacja atlantycka
- Russian
- Фисташка туполистная, Дикая фисташка, Кевовое дерево, Ложный бакаут, Скипидарное дерево
- Ukrainian
- Фісташка туполиста
Synonyms
- Lentiscus atlantica Kuntze
- Lentiscus musica Kuntze
- Pistacia atlantica var. mutica Rech.f.
- Pistacia cabulica Stocks
- Pistacia chia Desf.
- Pistacia choulettei Gand.
- Pistacia mutica Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
- Terebinthus atlanticus (Desf.) Dum.Cours.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April (from 12 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Denis Ibaev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: איתן פרמן, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Екатерина Кравцова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Наталья Пикалова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Виктория Билоус, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Илья Руденко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.