Well known species in the genus Pistacia include P. vera, the pistachio, grown for its edible seeds ; P. terebinthus, from which terebinth resin, a turpentine, is produced ; P. lentiscus, source of the plant resin mastic ; and P. chinensis, the Chinese pistache, cultivated as an ornamental tree.

Pistacia chinensis ( English: Chinese Pistache ; ) is a small to medium-sized tree in the genus Pistacia in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae, native to central and western China.

Some botanists include Pistacia integerrima in this species as P. chinensis ssp.

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Chinese Pistache grows best in full sun, being intolerant of shade ; it is the most frost-tolerant species of Pistacia, tolerating temperatures down to about-25 ° C.

The pistachio, Pistacia vera in the Anacardiaceae family, is a small tree originally from Greater Iran ( Iran and Iraq ) which now can also be found in regions of Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, Tunisia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, India, Pakistan, Egypt, Italy ( Sicily ), Uzbekistan, Afghanistan ( especially in the provinces of Samangan and Badghis ), and the United States, specifically in California.

One of the earliest sources was the terebinth or turpentine tree ( Pistacia terebinthus ), a Mediterranean tree related to the pistachio.

The generic name is derived from the Greek word for Pistacia lentiscus, Σχίνος ( schinos ), which it resembles.

Outside the native range it is also found on species like the Eastern White Pine ( P. strobus ) and Red Pine ( P. resinosa ) in eastern North America and Europe, and the Mountain Pine ( P. mugo ), European Black Pine ( P. nigra ), Scots Pine ( P. sylvestris ) and Pistachio ( Pistacia vera ) ( pistaches or pistacio trees ) in Europe.

Usually, P. terebinthus and P. lentiscus occupy different biotopes and barely overlap: Mastic appears at lower elevations and near the sea, while the Pistacia terebinthus most frequently inhabits inland and mountainous areas such as the Iberian System.

Pistacia vera often is confused with other species in the genus Pistacia that are also known as pistachio.

Settlements occur in the woodland belt where oak and Pistacia species dominated.

A related species, Pistacia saportae, has been shown, by DNA analysis, to be a hybrid between maternal P. lentiscus and paternal Pistacia terebinthus ( terebinth or turpentine ).

All species are dioecious, but monoecious individuals of Pistacia atlantica have been noted.

Some tree species ( Pistacia aethiopica, Pistacia atlantica ...) can exist as small bushes and shrubs due to the extreme of its habitat, to adverse conditions or the excessive consumption by herbivores or livestock that hinder it properly.

On the east coast of the Mediterranean, Syria, Lebanon and Israel, Pistacia Palaestina fills the same ecological niche of these species and also known as turpentine.

Records of Pistacia from pre-classical archaeological sites, and mentions in pre-classical texts, always refer to one of these other species ( often P. terebinthus ).

Pistacia species are used as food plants by the larvae ( caterpillars ) of some species of Lepidoptera including the Emperor moth ( Pavonia pavonia ).

Pistacia terebinthus, known commonly as terebinth and turpentine tree, is a species of Pistacia, native to the Canary Islands, and the Mediterranean region from the western regions of Morocco, and Portugal to Greece and western Turkey.

In the eastern shores of the Mediterranean sea-Syria, Lebanon and Israel-a similar species, Pistacia palaestina, fills the same ecological niche as this species and is also known as terebinth.

In the Eastern Mediterranean Coast, Syria, Lebanon and Israel, a similar species, Pistacia palaestina, fills the same ecological niche of this species and is also known as turpentine.

Usually reached 5 m. in height, although in rare cases can reach 10 m. Pistacia terebinthus is one of the Anacardiaceae species present in Europe, it is a family of about 600 tropical species.

Pistacia lentiscus () ( Mastic ) is a dioecious evergreen shrub or small tree of the Pistacio genus growing up to tall which is cultivated for its aromatic resin, mainly on the Greek island of Chios.

Pistacia is a genus of flowering plants in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae.

A kind of aphid is specified in the genus Pistacia.

The genus Pistacia ( which includes the pistachio and mastic tree ) usually is now included, but has sometimes been placed in its own family, Pistaciaceae.

The genus Pistacia has sometimes been separated into its own family, Pistaciaceae, based on the reduced flower structure, differences in pollen, and the feathery style of the flowers.

The Jylgyndy Forest Reserve, a preserve protecting the native habitat of Pistacia vera groves, is located in the Nooken District of Jalal-Abad Province of Kyrgyzstan.

Pistacia lentiscus is native throughout the Mediterranean region, from Morocco and Iberian peninsula in the west through southern France and Turkey to Iraq and Iran in the east.

The origin of the name Eilat is not definitively known, but likely comes from the Hebrew root A – Y – L (), which is also the root for the word Elah (), meaning Pistacia tree.

Pistacia lentiscus is a very common plant related to Pistacia terebinthus with which it hybridizes contact areas.

Pistacia terebinthus is more abundant in the mountains and inland in the Iberian Peninsula and mastic is usually found more frequently in areas where the Mediterranean influence of the sea prevents or moderate frost.

Best known as the pistachio, Pistacia vera is a small tree native to Iran, grown for its edible seeds.

Pistacia terebinthus, a native of Iran and the western Mediterranean countries, is tapped for turpentine.

However, the nature of the ovary does suggest it belongs in the Anacardiaceae, a position which is supported by morphological and molecular studies, and recent classifications have included Pistacia in the Anacardiaceae.

** Recent clay fabric analyses of Canaanite jar sherds from the 18th-Dynasty site of Tell el-Amarna have produced a specific clay fabric designation, and it is seemingly the same as that from the Uluburun shipwreck, of a type that is exclusively associated in Amarna with transporting Pistacia resin.

* Mastic ( plant resin )-resin from the Pistacia lentiscus tree

Pistacia lentiscus, an evergreen shrub or small tree of the Mediterranean region, supplies a resin called mastic.

Excavation of the neolithic site at Hajji Firuz Tepe in the Zagros Mountains has uncovered jars dating from 5400 – 5000 BC that contain wine residue as well as deposits of resin, identified as from the terebinth tree ( Pistacia terebinthus ) that grew wild in the area.

Mastic tree does not reach the size of the Pistacia terebinthus, but the hybrids are very difficult to distinguish.