Lentiscus – The Mastic Tree

Lentiscus – The Mastic Tree

The herbaceous resin

Lentiscus produces a strongly-scented resin — either naturally or by incision — which is often manifest as dried traces on the tree’s trunk. Distillation extraction of its leafy branches also produce an essential oil and a concrete, the intense aroma of which presents herbaceous tones.

Plant information

Lentiscus – The Mastic Tree

Plant code

p15

Botanical name

Pistacia lentiscus

Harvest period

Spring

Cultivation

Wild

Plant products

  • Concrete
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