Atlantic Mastictree / بطم اطلسي / / بطم اطلنطي

Pistacia atlantica Desf.

Fruits & Leaves, October. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Edible
Edible part
  • Young shoots
Preparation
  • Raw
  • Salads
Blooming period
March to May
Foraging period
May to August
Seed collection period
October to December
Potential medicinal uses
  • Analgesic
  • Aromatic
  • Hepatic
  • Nervine
  • Tonic

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Pink
Leaf type
  • Bipinnate
  • Compound
Life form
  • Tree

Scientifc data

Genus
Pistacia
Family
Anacardiaceae
Wikidata item
Q1788810
GBIF Item
Pistacia atlantica Desf. (3190581)
Conservation status (IUCN)
Near threatened

References

  1. IUCN Red List. (2021, November 20).
  2. Pistacia atlantica Desf. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-10.
  3. Wikipedia contributors. (2022, May 28). Pistacia atlantica. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 09:19, August 31, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pistacia_atlantica&oldid=1090204167
  4. Al-Qura’n, S. A. (2010). Ethnobotanical and ecological studies of wild edible plants in Jordan. Libyan Agriculture Research Center Journal International, 1(4), 231-243.
  5. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  6. Fernley-Pearson, Thomas. Agroforestry for Palestine. Bustan Qaraaqa Publications, 2010.
  7. Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.

Citation

Pistacia atlantica Desf. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/593 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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