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Pistacia terebinthus (Turpentine tree, terebinth tree)

Pistacia terebinthus, known commonly as terebinth and turpentine tree, is a small deciduous tree or large shrub native to the Western Mediterranean region. It growis up to 10 m tall and has a gray aromatic single or multiple trunks. The leaves are compound, 10-20 cm long, odd pinnate with five to eleven opposite glossy oval leaflets.The reddish-purple flowers appear with the new leaves in early spring. The fruit consists of small, globular drupes 5-7 mm long, red to black when ripe. All parts of the plant have a strong resinous smell. In the vegetative period they develop "galls" in their leaves and leaflets after the bite of insects. It prefers relatively moist areas, up to 600 m in height. It overcomes Mediterranean summer drought and frost better than the mastic tree. It requires a sunny exposure and average soils, tolerating lime and some salt. It often grows near the sea, rivers, streams and salt lakes.

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