Anacardiaceae
Mastic tree
Pistacia lentiscus
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- Genus
- Pistacia
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Common names
By language (53)
- aeb
- ضرو
- Arabic
- بطم عدسي, الضرو, المستكة, بطم, بطوم, حبة خضراء, شجر المستكي, شجرة العذق الفلسطيني
- Armenian
- Պիստակենի իսկական
- arz
- بطم عدسى
- Asturian
- Llentiscu
- azb
- ماستیکا پوستهسی
- Azerbaijani
- Saqqız ağacı
- Basque
- Legeltxor
- Bulgarian
- Мастиково дърво, Мастиков храст
- Catalan
- Llentiscle, Arbre del màstic, Llentiscles, Llentrisca, Pistacea lentiscus
- Chinese
- 乳香黃連木, 乳香黄连木, 乳香, 粘胶乳香树', 乳香黃蓮木
- Corsican
- Listincu, Lustincu
- Croatian
- Tršlja
- Czech
- Řečík lentišek
- Danish
- Mastikstræ
- Divehi
- މަސްތަކާ
- Dutch
- Mastiekboom
- English
- Mastic tree, Lentisk
- Esperanto
- Lentisko
- Finnish
- Mastiksipistaasi
- French
- Arbre au mastic, Lentisque Pistachier, Pistachier lentisque
- Galician
- Lentisco, Aroeira
- Georgian
- Დანამასტაკი
- German
- Mastixstrauch
- grc
- Σχῖνος
- Greek
- Σκίνος
- gv
- Billey masthag
- Hebrew
- אלת המסטיק, אלת המסטיק שיר המלך, אלת מסטיק
- hsb
- Mastiks
- io
- Lentisko
- Italian
- Lentisco, Lentischi, Lentischio, Pystacia lentiscus
- Japanese
- マスティクス, ニュウコウジュ, ピスタシア・レンチスクス, マスチックスノキ, 乳香
- kab
- Imidek
- Korean
- 매스틱나무
- Kurdish
- Benîştok, بەنیشتۆک, Benîştek
- Lithuanian
- Mastika
- Macedonian
- Мастиково дрво, Мастика
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Mastik
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Mastik
- Occitan
- Lentiscle, Restincle
- Persian
- مصطکی
- Polish
- Pistacja kleista
- Portuguese
- Lentisco
- Russian
- Мастиковое дерево, Фисташка мастиковая, Фисташка мастичная
- sc
- Chessa
- Serbian
- Tršlja
- Serbian (Latin)
- Tršlja
- Slovenian
- Sodopernata rujevina, Mastika, Tršlja
- Spanish
- Lentisco, Mata charneca, Entina, Almaciga, Almarciga, Almàciga, Almárciga, Arbol de la almaciga
- Swedish
- Mastixbuske
- Thai
- พิสตาชีโอป่า
- Turkish
- Sakız ağacı, Sakızağacı
- Vietnamese
- Nhũ hương
Synonyms
- Lentiscus massiliensis Fourr.
- Lentiscus vulgaris Fourr.
- Pistacia brevifolia Gand.
- Pistacia gummifera Salisb.
- Pistacia massiliensis Mill.
- Pistacia multiflora Gand.
- Pistacia subfalcata Gand.
- Terebinthus lentiscus (L.) Moench
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April (from 532 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: tylototriton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: David Delon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Friviere, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Lyden, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Paolo Villa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Al*from*Lig, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.