That island is home to the indigenous lentisk, or mastic, tree.

Lentisco, Lentisk, Mastich, Mastika, Mastix, Mata Charneca, Pistacia lentiscus.

Yet it was inhabited once, for there are the remains of a Roman villa on the top of the promontory, and you can just make out the road beneath the trees and the undergrowth cistus and lentisk.

The vegetation of Asinara is a typical Mediterranean macchia, with Lentisk, Euphorbia, Tree heath (Erica arborea), Calicotome spinosa, Phyllirea angustifolia, Phoenician Juniper and cistus.

Barely a few dwarf plants could now be noticed, like those on the wild heaths of Scotland; then came the first tract of grayish sand and flint, with here and there a lentisk tree and brambles.

(The name of the island, Ki-si-wi-ja in the Linear B tablets, it has been suggested, is the Phoenician word for mastic, the resinous gum of the lentisk tree which was highly sought after in the ancient world.)

Digallic acid is a polyphenolic compound found in Pistacia lentiscus.

The mine in Pistacia lentiscus consists of an extremely narrow gallery filled with frass.

It was found on Pistacia lentiscus.

The larvae feed on Pistacia lentiscus.

The bread can also be flavoured with mastic, the resin from Pistacia lentiscus, var.

Adults were found swarming around tall herbaceous vegetation and around flowers of Pistacia lentiscus.

In vitro antimicrobial activity of Pistacia lentiscus L. extracts: preliminary report.

Mastic (plant resin) - resin from the Pistacia lentiscus tree

Pistacia lentiscus, an evergreen shrub or small tree of the Mediterranean region, supplies a resin called mastic.

The vegetation is dominated by shrubland with Pistacia lentiscus and Arbutus unedo.

Pistacia lentiscus is a very common plant related to Pistacia terebinthus with which it hybridizes contact areas.

Scientific Name: Pistacia lentiscus

The generic name is derived from the Greek word for Pistacia lentiscus, Σχίνος (schinos), which it resembles.

It is prevalent mainly in Syria and Lebanon because of their proximity to the regional growth of a tree Pistacia lentiscus.

Mastic (plant resin), a resin obtained from Pistacia lentiscus (a shrub native to the Mediterranean region)

Lentisco, Lentisk, Mastich, Mastika, Mastix, Mata Charneca, Pistacia lentiscus.

Juniperus phoenicea, Pistacia lentiscus, Quercus coccifera and Ceratonia siliqua are common tree and large shrub species in the maquis.

Mastic Mastic, or gum mastic, is the resin of the Pistacia lentiscus tree, indigenous to the Greek island of Chios.

This mountain range is covered with Maquis shrubland, including Juniperus oxycedrus, Calicotome spinosa, Pistacia lentiscus and Anthyllis cytisoides shrubs.

It is a typical ewe's or goat's milk cheese, but is traditionally flavored with mahlab (Prunus mahaleb) and mastic (Pistacia lentiscus) added to the boiling brine.

The larvae feed on Pistacia atlantica, Pistacia lentiscus, Rhus doica, Rhus oxyacanthoides and Schinus molle.

Pistacia lentiscus is native throughout the Mediterranean region, from Morocco and Iberian peninsula in the west through southern France and Turkey to Iraq and Iran in the east.

Flora include Buckthorn trees (Rhamnus palaestinus), Oak trees, Greek Strawberry trees, Pistacia lentiscus trees, and various types of Cistus and Hyssop.

At lower altitudes,one can find one might find laurels, rock-roses, strawberry trees, Daphne shrubs, Pistacia lentiscus (Mastic), myrtles, narcissus, orchids, and pines and the Lithodora Rosmarinifolia.

Some species present here include Juniperus phoenicea, Pistacia lentiscus, Arbutus pavarii, Olea europaea, Myrtus communis, Quercus coccifera and some groves of Cupressus sempervirens.