Pistacia_eurycarpa

<i>Pistacia eurycarpa</i>

Pistacia eurycarpa

Species of plant


Pistacia eurycarpa, commonly as Persian turpentine tree,[2] is a species of Pistacia native to southeastern Turkey, northern Iraq, Iran, Armenia, and Antilebanon.[1] It is called qezwan (قەزوان) or dareben (دارەبەن) in Kurdish. It is morphologically close to Pistacia atlantica subsp. mutica, but differs by having distinctly compressed fruits (width larger than length).[3]

Quick Facts Pistacia eurycarpa, Scientific classification ...

Having a watery flavour, its resin is used as a chewing gum to relieve upper abdominal discomfort, stomach aches, dyspepsia and peptic ulcer.[4]


References

  1. "Pistacia eurycarpa Yalt". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
  2. Rechinger, Karl Heinz (1969). Flora Iranica. Vol. 63. Graz, Austria: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt. p. 4.
  3. Ahmed, H.M., 2017. Traditional uses of Kurdish medicinal plant Pistacia atlantica subsp. kurdica Zohary in Ranya, Southern Kurdistan. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 64(6), pp.1473-1484.

Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Pistacia_eurycarpa, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.