Pistacia lentiscus     
Evergreen pistache   
Anacardiacea Family     

Form: large irregular shrub, or trained as single or multistemmed tree
Seasonality: evergreen
Size: 15-25ft with equal or greater spread
Leaves: pinnately compound, 3-5 pairs of 1in leaflets; winged petiole
Flowers: dioecious; inconspicuous, in axils of leafs
Fruit: rarely present, red to black berries
Stems/Trunks: reddish when young, gray when older, attractive

winged petiol on Pistacia lentiscus

Range/Origin: Mediterranean
Hardiness: to high teens, damaged in mid teens

LANDSCAPE VALUE:

• patio tree
• good around pools
• hedge

CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Exposure: best in full sun, takes part shade
• Water: drought resistant; once or twice per month in summer; one irrigation per week will accelerate growth rate
• Soil: amended, uniform soil
• Propagation: seed best, difficult vegetately
• Maintenance: low; training to tree if desired

abused young specimen of Pistacia lentiscus

NOTES:

aka Mastic tree

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