Wild One Cyprus

Wild One Cyprus

foraging food
Mastic Tree - Pistacia lentiscus

Mastic tree

Σσινιά

sakız ağacı

Scientific Name: Pistacia lentiscus 

other names: lentisk, σσίννος

AVAILABLE: DEC-JAN

EDIBLE PARTS:

Description

  • evergreen shrub or small tree, grows to 4 m
  • even-pinnate leaflets in rows, two at tip/bipinnate leaflets also pinnate shiny leaves with a leathery texture

preparation

  1. pick the small fruit when they have turned from red to black and use as a spice
  2. the aromatic leaves and branches are used for smoking meat
  3. Small incisions in the bark allows resin to ooze out and harden. Once hardened, the mastic can be used as a flavouring

extra info

see Pistacia terebinthus

Also available in

November

recipes

forage food by:

Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors
post
page

leaf

stem

flower

root

fruit

fungi

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Olive Oil & Lemon

Not Coffee

Thistles

Leaf Morphology

Index

of Plants & Fungi

references

toxic