Pistacia eurycarpa

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]

Pistacia eurycarpa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae
Genus: Pistacia
Species:
P. eurycarpa
Binomial name
Pistacia eurycarpa
Yalt.
Synonyms[1]
  • Pistacia atlantica var. kurdica Zohary
  • Pistacia atlantica subsp. kurdica (Zohary) Rech.f.

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. Naseri, Nahid Gharib; Ashnagar, Alamdar; Naghdi, Naserollah (2006). "Isolation and identification of the major chemical compounds found in the oleoresin obtained from the Pistacia atlantica tree (Persian turpentine tree, Desf. subsp. kurdica) grown in Ilam Province of Iran". Asian Journal of Chemistry. 18 (2): 1121–1124.
  3. Rechinger, Karl Heinz (1969). Flora Iranica. Vol. 63. Graz, Austria: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt. p. 4.
  4. 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.
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