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4 unusual facts about Pistacia terebinthus


Pistacia terebinthus

In the eastern shores of the Mediterranean sea - Syria, Lebanon and Israel - a similar species, Pistacia palaestina, fills the same ecological niche as this species and is also known as terebinth.

In the Eastern Mediterranean Coast, Syria, Lebanon and Israel, a similar species, Pistacia palaestina, fills the same ecological niche of this species and is also known as turpentine.

Terebinth

Pistacia terebinthus of more westerly parts of the Mediterranean basin

Turpentine tree

Pistacia terebinthus (Terebinth), native to the Mediterranean region and also the Canary Islands



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