Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pistacia lentiscus L. [Anacardiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alak roomi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alakkhmee	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
alfostigueiro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
almecegueira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
almácigo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
arah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arbre au mastic	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
arbre au mastique	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
aroeira-da-praia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
auluk-bagdadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baghdani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bottom	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
charneca	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chios mastic	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
chios mastictree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cimairumimattaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
corno-capra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
damla sakızı	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
dentischio	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
elesfar tree	Other	Ethnobot. of Pl. in N Jordan (Nawash et al., 2014)
ilkurumee	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
irumimalaittaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jeevakamu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kakra singhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kandar-i-rumi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kinneh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kinnoli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kundar-i-rumi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kundur roomi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
lentisc	Other	Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
lentisco	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lentiscus	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lentisk	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
lentisque	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mastagee	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
mastagi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
mastagi rumi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mastagi runi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mastagi-i-rumi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mastaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mastaka roomi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mastaka-i-rumi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mastakee	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
mastaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
mastangi	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
mastic	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Healing Potential of Med. Pl., Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
mastic gum resin	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
mastic resin	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mastic tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
mastich	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
masticshrub	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mastictree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mastika	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mastix	Other	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
mastix strauch	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mastix-pistazie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mastixbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mastixbuske	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mastixstrauc	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mastogi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mastogi rumi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mistakah	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
mistekî	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
mustaka	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
mustaka sultani	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
mustiva	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
mustoka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mαστιχέλαιo xίoυ	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
pistachier lentisque	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ponnuikan kungiliyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
poonaikan kungiliyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
punai-k-kan kunkiliyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
punaikkan kunkiliyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rmimastaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
roomi mastagi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
roomi masthaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
roomie mustiki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rumaa mastakee	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
rumaa mathaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rumee mastagee	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
rumi mastagee	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
rumi mastagi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rumi mastiki	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
rumi-mastungi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
rumimas taki kunkiliyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rumimastagi	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rumimastaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rumimastakicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rūmīmastagī (resin)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
schinies	Other	Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
shinniá	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
shínos	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
skinaki	Other	Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
skinos	Other	Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
uluk	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
çitlenbik	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
σιήννος	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
σιηννιά	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
اكتسم	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
بطم	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
بطوم	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
سريس	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
مستك	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
مصطكي	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
‫مصطكي‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem, branch	resinous exudate	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
	Resin	Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
	Resinum	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
Resin		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Resin		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
fruit		Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
fruits, leaves		Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
resin		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
resin, fruit		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Resin		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bark		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Resin		Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
resin		Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006)
resin, gum, aerial parts	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gum resin		Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
gum		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
latex		WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
resin		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
resin		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
stem, branch	dried resinous exudate	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
branch, stem	dried resinous exudate	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
	resin	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
	resin	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
twigs, terminal branchlets, exudate	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Gum		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
stem, branch	Dried resinous exudate obtained from stems and branches	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 22 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pistacia lentiscus var. chia Poir. in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Arbust., nouv. éd.: 393 (1813).
Pistacia lentiscus var. latifolia Coss. Notes Pl. Crit. 1: 54 (1850).
Lentiscus massiliensis Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 17: 195 (1869).
Lentiscus vulgaris Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 356 (1868).
Pistacia brevifolia Gand. Dec. Pl. Nov. 1: 44 (1875).
Pistacia gummifera Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 172 (1796), nom. superfl.
Pistacia lentiscus var. angustifolia DC. Prodr. 2: 65 (1825), nom. superfl.
Pistacia lentiscus subvar. brevifolia (Gand.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 147 (1878).
Pistacia lentiscus f. chia (Poir.) Cout. Fl. Portugal: 393 (1913).
Pistacia lentiscus var. genuina Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 4: 176 (1897), not validly publ.
Pistacia lentiscus f. genuina Rouy ex Cout. Fl. Portugal: 393 (1913), not validly publ.
Pistacia lentiscus f. lanceolata Cout. Fl. Portugal: 393 (1913).
Pistacia lentiscus f. latifolia (Coss.) Bolzon Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 20: 328 (1913).
Pistacia lentiscus f. leptophylla Albo ex Fiori Nuov. Fl. Italia 2: 117 (1923).
Pistacia lentiscus var. massiliensis (Mill.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 352 (1804).
Pistacia lentiscus f. massiliensis (Mill.) Fiori in A.Fiori & al., Fl. Anal. Italia 4: 157 (1907).
Pistacia lentiscus var. multiflora (Gand.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 147 (1878).
Pistacia lentiscus subvar. subfalcata (Gand.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 147 (1878).
Pistacia massiliensis Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 6 (1768).
Pistacia multiflora Gand. Dec. Pl. Nov. 1: 44 (1875).
Pistacia subfalcata Gand. Dec. Pl. Nov. 1: 44 (1875).
Terebinthus lentiscus (L.) Moench Methodus: 345 (1794).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pistacia lentiscus	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Pistacia lentiscus L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) Ethnobot. of Pl. in N Jordan (Nawash et al., 2014) Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Healing Potential of Med. Pl., Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006) Med. Herbs Israel (Said et al., 2002) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. in N Israel (Dafnia et al., 1984) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pistacia lentiscus L. var. chia (Desf. ex Poiret) DC.	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
Pistacia lentiscus L. var. latifolius Coss.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
Pistacia lentiscus Linn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)

The following online resources may contain further information about this plant. Please click on any link to search that resource. You may search using the accepted name alone OR using the accepted name and all of its synonyms simultaneously.

Search using just the accepted name

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

— Europe PubMed Central

Google Images

Google Scholar

Encyclopedia of Life

Search using all scientific names used for this plant:

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

— Europe PubMed Central

Google Images