Pistacia lentiscus

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Small evergreen tree or shrub, 1-3 m. Leaves paripinnate, coriaceous; leaflets 2-4-paired, oblong or oblong-Ianceolate, 1,5-3,5 x 0,6-1,5 cm, obtuse, shortly mucronate, glabrous; rachis distinctly and constantly winged. Fruits borne in short racemes. Fl. 3-4. Macchie, s.I.-200 m.

Mediterranean area, incl. Canaries. Medit. element.